¶¶Òõh Outdoors Stormy weather hampering fishing efforts BY JOE MACALUSO Contributing writer May 23, 2026 So much has happened in our outdoors world during the past three weeks to mandate updates in Louisian’s fishing and hunting adventures.
Smiley Anders Smiley: Independence day in the classroom BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist Apr 28, 2024 "Items about first days of school reminded me of a friend long ago in Philadelphia," says Wayne Smith, of Covington.
Smiley Anders Smiley: Missing link found at ballgame? BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist Apr 26, 2024 Dear Smiley: Everyone who ever went to a New Orleans Pelicans baseball game remembers Evolution, the peanut vendor.
Smiley Anders Smiley: 'Dogs, and cats, and gators, oh my!' BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist Mar 20, 2024 "Gators should be moving around soon," says John Currier of West Baton Rouge Parish, a nuisance alligator hunter (the gators are the nuisance,…
Smiley Anders Smiley: Please do not feed the gators BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist May 5, 2023 Dear Smiley:Â While walking the bike path along Lake Pontchartrain shoreline in Metairie, I saw a man waist-deep in the Lake Villa pumping stat…
Smiley Anders Smiley: No 'crazy gator guy' for him! BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist Jan 4, 2023 The always-interesting John Currier, of West Baton Rouge Parish, discusses his unusual sideline:
Sports Commission changes venue to August meeting; fall shrimp, gators top agenda BY JOE MACALUSO | Contributing writer Jul 30, 2022 The ¶¶Òõh Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is changing its usual venue for this week’s monthly meeting, but the August issues appear to r…
Smiley Anders Smiley: Newcomers had a ball at the ball BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist Mar 2, 2022 A Carnival story from Nora Nolan Lambert:
Smiley Anders Smiley: 'Faux Elvis has left the building' BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist Nov 5, 2021 Dear Smiley: When my late wife and I were planning our June 1975 wedding, we chose the (then new) Chateau Motor Inn, located in Shreveport, fo…
Smiley Anders Smiley: The mayor meets Daddy's little helper BY SMILEY ANDERS | Columnist Jul 25, 2021 The naming of the Superdome to promote a gambling empire reminds us that this activity was not always welcome in New Orleans (at least not off…