Editorial

I am not going to lie, it freakin’ pissed me off.
Like many of my fellow football-loving Americans, I was enraged when I first saw that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick did not stand for the national anthem during a recent NFL preseason game.

What is it with people and their criticism of Tim Tebow?
I never could understand why people continue to downgrade one of the most genuine personalities of our time.

The toxic water washes up wave after wave of debris and garbage: decayed baby dolls, old television sets, deflated soccer balls, rusted washing machines and even a few severed human limbs.

In the ranks of professions people under take, the profession of coaching seems to be one that mirrors a carousel; as one person takes a job in a school or parish, another one leaves.

In my line of work, I’ve been in the air, on the water, up a tree, in the ground, on the ground, in the water and even under the water.
Or in the words of Johnny Cash, “I been everywhere, man.”

It should be called “The House That Rapists Built.”

One year ago I embarked on a journey that I never saw coming, but a year later I realize what an unexpected blessing my job at the Ville Platte Gazette has been.
I love people, politics, history, and adventure; and this job has allowed me to experience all of the above.

I felt like a kid again this weekend, and it couldn’t have happened without the help of my best friend Rayna.

Harriet Tubman will grace the front of the $20 bill, and some folks are losing their minds.

TOPS has a long history of providing high school students in Louisiana an opportunity to pursue higher education within the borders of the state.
However, it has also taught them something far more damning --- how to exploit a government system.