Sicily Island News

I don't jump out of my seat any longer and clutch my chest when the quadra-zillion-decibel-level-sound intro of the movie blasts away! My caring and lovely soul-mate, Mary, had to cover her ears , while I heard very little and kept munching Goobers in the super-sound movie theater.

Dear Smiley: In keeping with the government's twin objectives of humiliating the public and making them feel safe rather than actually making them safer, the folks at the State Capitol complex once made everyone sign in before entering an office building.

In 2010, Clayton was awarded $432,088 for drainage improvements, while Sicily Island received $641,920. Jonesville and Wisner were grant recipients for generators.

One man's bane is another's boon, and Louisiana's outdoorsmen will find truth in that statement this weekend.

Karnival Krewe de Louisiane has announced its 2012 debutantes to be formally presented at the group's 25th annual Mardi Gras ball Feb.