STAFF REPORT State Police arrest three northeast Louisianalaw-enforcement officers on DWI allegationsLouisiana State Police arrested three northeastLouisiana law-enforcement officers on first-offenseDWI allegations during a 16-day span, according toarrest and booking records and local reporting reviewedby the Gazette.The arrests involved Union Parish Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Ronald S. Leonard, longtime Lincoln ParishSheriff’s Office official Chad Alan Alexander andMonroe Police Officer Dominic Lyn Simpson. …

By: Glynn Harris The book calls them “lubber” grasshoppers. Around here, we know them by another name, “graveyard” grasshoppers.  These oversized grasshoppers are not our friends as, according to the book, “they are voracious plant eaters that can quickly strip and destroy gardens, vegetable crops and ornamental landscaping.”  You’ll know one when you see it; they’re oversized, much larger than …

By: Tuffy Fields We have recently witnessed the change of the names of international bodies of water. This is not new. When I moved to Arabia I looked out on what was known as the Persian Gulf. The name comes from the ancient civilization of Persia which in modern times is Iran. The Saudis changed the name of the gulf …