Lester Rome
Emily Gramajo staff
Connie Gaudet
Rhiannon Callais features editor For Connie Gaudet’s family, the memories come easily: bike rides down the street, games played outside until dark and four sisters growing up side by side. Gaudet was murdered by her husband Dale in 1984 at 23 years old. Her sisters say it left a gap in their lives, one they […]
Barbara Jo Brown
Nicholas Bernard staff writer Even as law enforcement, some cases just change a person, says St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne. The murder of 11-year-old Barbara Jo “Bobbi” Brown in 1981 was one Champagne still calls the most brutal he has ever seen. “It opened my eyes to how there are real monsters out there,” […]
Murders on the Bayou
Back to Issue Rhiannon Callais features editor Murder always gets attention; always gets the headlines. And true crime podcasts are one of the fastest growing genres. In 2024, almost 20 million Americans listened to a true crime podcast in an average week, according to Edison Research. But coverage rarely explores the communities and people affected […]
Projects for Restoration
Anne-Morgan Simmons design editor
Protecting the Coast
Brogan Burns features editor Louisiana’s land loss crisis continues to erase the coast. “We need to protect, restore, and conserve every acre that we possibly can,” says Polly Glover, project manager of Restore or Retreat, a nonprofit dedicated to restoring the Louisiana coast.. Each generation is doing work to protect the coast from education, to […]
Communities on the Edge
Matt Santiago staff writer Communities along the coast are threatened by growing land loss. According to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Louisiana has lost almost 2,000 square miles of land since the 1930s, with an additional 3,000 square miles of land potentially being lost in the next 50 years. But this isn’t just […]
The Business of Land Loss
Brogan Burns features editor On average flooding causes 15.2 billion dollars in damage annually, but the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority says as land around levee systems erodes that yearly average could increase to 24.3 billion dollars. The CPRA says that increase could be “catastrophic” in other areas of the economy. Economic troubles caused by […]
Louisiana’s Land Loss Crisis
Brogan Burns features editor Louisiana is home to the fastest-disappearing land mass in the US, stretching from Plaquemines and Lafourche parishes as far north as Point Coupee and home to over 600,000 people. The Louisiana coast has been experiencing this crisis for the better part of the last century and likely longer than that. Between […]
The North African Campaign
kade bergeron features editor Prisoners of war engaged in a variety of recreational and creative activities during their time in captivity. From playing soccer and card games to painting and woodworking, these activities offered the prisoners both physical and mental respite. For most of the day, the prisoners of war worked in fields and were […]