summer

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State health regulators say Louisiana has recorded its first West Nile virus death of the year.

This may be the perfect way to mow the lawn, especially for those of you with a lot of land.

Should you set your AC thermostat higher while you're at work?  Forget what you're friends say, listen to the experts.

It's going to get up to almost 100 degrees today. Please keep an eye out.

I had pet frogs, toads & turtles. The frogs & turtles were tiny. These pictures take me back.

Cold drinks, ice cream, cold beer & iced tea are summertime staples. This may sound crazy, but spicy food & a cup of HOT tea are actually more effective at cooling your body down. They encourage perspiration.

On my way to my dad's house this past Sunday, I noticed these Youngsville teens having fun with the four-wheeler.

Virtually every building & vehicle in South La. is air conditioned, but you still have to go outside. Here's an amusing guide to surviving summer heat.

This summer, you may find yourself in your favorite grocery store trying to decide how to tell which one of the hundreds of watermelons in front of you is the ripest, there are two ways to find the sweetest ripest one for your family.

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Summer has arrived, all full of possibilities and adventures. Besides vacationing, there are a few things that make summer summer. Here's my list of things I must do for summer to be summer!

Recently we've been discussing the best things about summer, like Slip N' Slides and lemonade. OH yes. But with the good obviously comes the bad, and in this case, the really bad. Brace yourself folks, because we've scoped out some pretty awful sunburn fails we never want to experience. Oof.

! I recently visited my daughter & 7 year old grandson. He'd built a fort in the living room & cajoled me into a sword fight.

Have you seen the new hidden swimming pool?  One minute the family is sitting in lawn chairs on top of it and the next minute, swimming!

Memorial Day is coming up soon, which means the beginning of swimming season is quickly approaching. This also means plenty of painful belly flops, fully-clothed people falling into pools and our latest hilarious discovery, diving fails.

The number one problem in public pools is not number one as you might expect, but instead, number two.

Here's a baby who has managed to sum up the way we feel about eating ice cream in one Youtube video.

Summer's almost here and it's time to think about what the kids will be doing with their free time. Here's a terrific option for girls! Girl Scouts of Louisiana – Pines to the Gulf is offering a variety of day and overnight camps this summer...

In South Louisiana it's Dandelion season and this recipe will not only kill Dandelions but is non-toxic to pets and humans.

Homemade ice cream in 5 minutes, no way...yes way!  And it's so easy!  As the temperature starts to rise, here's a simple, quick way to have tasty homemade ice cream in minutes.