Dave McNamara
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Only about 200 people still speak the endangered Coushatta language of Koasati
Updated: Jul. 9, 2023 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It’s a different kind of musical jam session in south Louisiana.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2023 at 10:12 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
St. Augustine is the first church in Louisiana built by a free person of color that served people of African descent
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
At a time when the US Army was still segregated, an all-Black tank battalion was created in Louisiana. The unit was called the “Black Panthers.”
Updated: Apr. 23, 2023 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
A new memorial was unveiled in the small north Louisiana town of Colfax.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
This is the time of year when as many as two billion birds are making their annual migration across the Gulf of Mexico.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Architects who are putting together plans to renovate the historic St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans are learning a few lessons from the fire-damaged Notre Dame in Paris.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:05 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A team of New Orleans architects was given a rare look inside the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, in hopes of using the lessons learned to help with the renovations of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 11:42 AM CST
|By Dave McNamara
The crater, more than a mile across, was discovered in a rural area of St. Helena Parish in southeastern Louisiana.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 6:30 AM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A group of little-known world war two ammunition bunkers in belle chase house the largest collection of fish in the world.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 10:51 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
Nicholas Curole built the house from Cypress timbers in the 1800s
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 10:16 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
Eddie Robinson compiled a 408–165–15 record in 56 football seasons at Grambling State.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:09 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
Hired gunslinger Charles 'Leather Britches' Smith met his end in the area in 1912
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The birthplace of jazz legend Kid Ory in LaPlace also was the scene of a rebellion by enslaved people forced into plantation work.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Lawrence Patin has managed La Poussiere for the last 55 years, starting when he was 18.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2022 at 8:16 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It’s a large, very old oak tree that’s been battered and bruised over the centuries, and it has become a symbol of survival and resilience in southwest Louisiana.