The Louisiana National Guard has released the identities of the four soldiers killed in a helicopter crash last week. Twenty-six year-old Staff Sergeant Thomas Florich from Baton Rouge; Staff Sergeant Lance Bergeron from Thibodaux, and Chief Warrant Officers 4 George Wayne Griffin, Jr. of Hammond, and David Strother of Alexandria, who’s a 26 year veteran…
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That’s Major General Glenn Curtis.

An icon in the New Orleans restaurant industry has died. Dick Brennan Sr. was considered to be the visionary force behind Commander’s Palace…
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Big Easy Restaurant writer and critic Tom Fitzmorris. Brennan was 84.
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A Washington Post article refers to Governor Bobby Jindal as one of the great mysteries of the early 2016 presidential campaign. Here’s Eric Gill has more…
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Day number one of Common Core testing is in the books, and it appears that concerns that large numbers of students would not be participating appear to be unfounded. State Superintendent of Education John White says the numbers show 99 percent participation of students today.