Albert Ringelstein, McNeese State University professor of political science, says only 1 to 2 percent of Americans fully understand the Electoral College process for presidential elections.

The rain finally stopped in Philadelphia, enabling the Phillies to clinch their second World Series title in the long history of the franchise.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department has named a suspect in the carjacking spree and shooting that occurred in the Lake Charles area Monday night through Tuesday morning. Joshua Allen Clark, 18, has been named a suspect in the case.

Don Cravins, Jr., state senator, spent Tuesday visiting Vinton and Westlake residents with a drive through Sulphur. Cravins is running against Charles Boustany for the US Representative seat for the 7th Congressional District. -- Southwest Daily News

The government has given the lobsters food stamp cards of their own, and they don't need to work for food any longer, so they've quit their jobs at Wal-Mart and are simply sitting around on the beach in their travel homes (lobsters are like turtles, right?) soaking up the sun and welfare.

The mission of the Women’s Commission of Southwest Louisiana Inc., according to Pam Golding, vice president and Fall Conference chairwoman, is “to empower women.” And the annual conference is the commission’s main tool in helping to achieve that mission.

Terry Backhaus, Sulphur Rotarian and investment adviser, has looked into his crystal ball, and he says it shows a mild recession, among other things. Don’t panic.

When hurricanes Gustav and Ike struck the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham says his agency was prepared for the search and rescue missions to follow.

Soldiers with the Army National Guard out of Meridian, Miss., were in Carlyss, La., on Wednesday using a CH-54D Chinook to assist local rancher Buryl Baty in getting feed to his cattle. They are stranded south of the Intercoastal Canal because of high water and bridges that were washed away by Hurricane Ike.

A reader of the Bastrop Daily Enterprise, a GateHouse News Media paper in northeastern Louisiana, took this remarkable photo of a white hummingbird at her feeder Sept. 8.

With two and a half months left in the Atlantic hurricane season, the southern coast of Louisiana and the southeastern coast of Texas have weathered two major storms. In Sulphur, La., things are beginning to regain a measure of normalcy.

Hurricane Ike made landfall early Saturday in Texas and brought with it high winds and rain. Pictured are scenes from around Sulphur, La., early Saturday morning as waterways overflow, trees are downed and debris is picked up by high winds throughout the area.

Hurricane Gustav left farmers in Morehouse Parish searching for solutions to quickly diminishing crops.

On Friday afternoon, Governor Bobby Jindal gave an update on state preparedness efforts surrounding the impact of Hurricane Ike in Southwest Louisiana.