You can find them in big cities such as Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas and San Antonio, Texas, but they are also at home in the smaller towns in Texas. So places like College Station, Huntsville, and Denton Texas have them too. Of course, we are speaking of the discount chain, Dollar Tree. Texas has 714 of them, so chances are you're fairly close to a location right now. And while the "dollar store" landscape hasn't been exactly friendly lately. With Family Dollar announcing the closing of some 1,000 stores nationwide. Dollar General has generated their share of headlines too. The news on...…You can find them in big cities such as Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas and San Antonio, Texas, but they are also at home in the smaller towns in Texas. So places like College Station, Huntsville, and Denton Texas have them too. Of course, we are speaking of the discount chain, Dollar Tree. Texas has 714 of them, so chances are you're fairly close to a location right now. And while the "dollar store" landscape hasn't been exactly friendly lately. With Family Dollar announcing the closing of some 1,000 stores nationwide. Dollar General has generated their share of headlines too. The news on...WW…

You can find them in Abbeville, Louisiana, and Cut Off too. They are just as likely to be found in Baton Rouge as they are in Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, or even Deridder. I am speaking of the popular discount store chain Dollar Tree. As of last month, the Dollar Tree footprint included some 445 locations in multiple cities and towns in Louisiana. And while the "dollar store" landscape hasn't been exactly friendly lately. With Family Dollar announcing the closing of some 1,000 stores nationwide. Dollar General has generated their share of headlines too. The news on Dollar General...…You can find them in Abbeville, Louisiana, and Cut Off too. They are just as likely to be found in Baton Rouge as they are in Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, or even Deridder. I am speaking of the popular discount store chain Dollar Tree. As of last month, the Dollar Tree footprint included some 445 locations in multiple cities and towns in Louisiana. And while the "dollar store" landscape hasn't been exactly friendly lately. With Family Dollar announcing the closing of some 1,000 stores nationwide. Dollar General has generated their share of headlines too. The news on Dollar General...WW…

We are on the cusp of the summer cruise season across the Gulf South. Ports such as New Orleans, Louisiana, Galveston, Texas, and Mobile, Alabama are gearing up to welcome hundreds of thousands of cruise guests to their cities for embarkation and debarkation events. Cruises are a popular vacation choice for a lot of us in Louisiana but there is one staple of our Louisiana lifestyle that is just not a good idea to bring on a cruise vessel. As a veteran of several dozen cruises, I have been blessed to set foot on six of our planet's seven continents. One of these days we will make it to...…We are on the cusp of the summer cruise season across the Gulf South. Ports such as New Orleans, Louisiana, Galveston, Texas, and Mobile, Alabama are gearing up to welcome hundreds of thousands of cruise guests to their cities for embarkation and debarkation events. Cruises are a popular vacation choice for a lot of us in Louisiana but there is one staple of our Louisiana lifestyle that is just not a good idea to bring on a cruise vessel. As a veteran of several dozen cruises, I have been blessed to set foot on six of our planet's seven continents. One of these days we will make it to...WW…

On a typical morning in any household in Louisiana, you are likely to hear the sound of bacon frying and coffee dripping. Or maybe that coffee is percolating. Or maybe the coffee is on the stove in a pot and when it's poured out it's going to be thick as bayou mud. That's a long way to say we love our coffee in Louisiana. This is why there is such a strong concern among Louisiana's "coffee achievers", do you remember that commercial? Anyway, this isn't about a 1980s-era push to buy more coffee, it's about a proposed ban by the Food and Drug Administration which would greatly curtail our...…On a typical morning in any household in Louisiana, you are likely to hear the sound of bacon frying and coffee dripping. Or maybe that coffee is percolating. Or maybe the coffee is on the stove in a pot and when it's poured out it's going to be thick as bayou mud. That's a long way to say we love our coffee in Louisiana. This is why there is such a strong concern among Louisiana's "coffee achievers", do you remember that commercial? Anyway, this isn't about a 1980s-era push to buy more coffee, it's about a proposed ban by the Food and Drug Administration which would greatly curtail our...WW…

TSM - Submitted PhotoIf you operate a motor vehicle in the state of Louisiana you are supposed to have insurance. The insurance that is mandatory is not so much for you but for the benefit of others should you meet them by accident. If you've lived in Louisiana for more than a few months you've also discovered that maintaining car insurance can be a costly endeavor.The website Marketwatch published an entire piece on car insurance in America. It was very interesting to see how Louisiana stacked up against the rest of the country. Okay, upon further review, maybe that's not a good thing to...…TSM - Submitted PhotoIf you operate a motor vehicle in the state of Louisiana you are supposed to have insurance. The insurance that is mandatory is not so much for you but for the benefit of others should you meet them by accident. If you've lived in Louisiana for more than a few months you've also discovered that maintaining car insurance can be a costly endeavor.The website Marketwatch published an entire piece on car insurance in America. It was very interesting to see how Louisiana stacked up against the rest of the country. Okay, upon further review, maybe that's not a good thing to...WW…

Dan Kitwood, Getty ImagesAbout ten or so years ago we all decided that the rest of the world needed to know more about our personal business so we all jumped on the social media bandwagon. For some of us that might have meant a brief visit to the pages of Myspace. But by far the majority of us moved on from that platform and here we sit, a decade later in the "Metaverse" known as Facebook.The idea behind Facebook is pretty simple. It was designed so people could keep up with their social circle. Unfortunately for a lot of us, we didn't know when to say when and we allowed our social circles...…Dan Kitwood, Getty ImagesAbout ten or so years ago we all decided that the rest of the world needed to know more about our personal business so we all jumped on the social media bandwagon. For some of us that might have meant a brief visit to the pages of Myspace. But by far the majority of us moved on from that platform and here we sit, a decade later in the "Metaverse" known as Facebook.The idea behind Facebook is pretty simple. It was designed so people could keep up with their social circle. Unfortunately for a lot of us, we didn't know when to say when and we allowed our social circles...WW…