A Baseball Town on the Brink: Drawing the Aces

Alexandria did not stumble into the Evangeline League. It had to be recruited, with conditions: local money, outside experience, a manager with…

Jun 29 • Lamar White, Jr.

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A Long Way from Tunis: The Vieux Carre Courier's 1976 Series on Carlos Marcello

50 years ago, the gritty New Orleans weekly published Mike Grangnani's four-part series on the legendary mob boss. It's never appeared online, until…

Jun 19 • Lamar White, Jr.

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A Baseball Town on the Brink: Red River, Red Ink, Red Lines

Before the Aces arrived, Alexandria had already built a baseball world of Black ballparks, white professional clubs, summer crowds, unpaid bills, and…

Jun 18 • Lamar White, Jr.

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May 2026

A Baseball Town on the Brink: Louisiana Lightning

Alexandria’s Bringhurst Field, the oldest surviving ballpark in Louisiana & the cathedral of the raucous Evangeline League, was the scene of one of the…

May 15 • Lamar White, Jr.

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November 2025

Pharmland: How a Small-Town Opioid Booster Became a Big-Time Public Health Threat

Ralph Abraham’s forgotten record on opioids, Medicaid, race, and self-dealing is far more alarming than his anti-vaccine posturing.

Nov 28, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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Edwin Edwards & the Machinery of Suspicion

In a single, heavily redacted volume, FBI memoranda chart the federal government’s long, uneasy pursuit of Edwin Edwards—revealing as much about their…

Nov 17, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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Same Book? Same Book. When Deadlines Failed & Deep Research Prevailed

Troves of new declassified files about Carlos Marcello, including 2,524 pages released this year, freed me from the tyranny of timelines & forced me to…

Nov 2, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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October 2025

Twenty Bayou Brief Stories That Still Matter

A curated tour of investigations and essays that shaped the conversation in Louisiana—brought to Imagine Louisiana’s readers with fresh context and…

Oct 29, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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Subscriber Exclusive: Kingfish Collectibles

If you sign up for a paid annual subscription, you'll receive a digital copy of the "Mafia Kingfish." Upgrade to the Kingfish level and I'll send you a…

Oct 29, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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Subscriber Exclusive: The Ferrie File

A comprehensive collection of research material about David Ferrie, including a trove of declassified FBI records, Jim Garrison's investigative file…

Oct 19, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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Clipping Ferrie's Wings

Mental cures, moral panics, and the improbable afterlife of David Ferrie.

Oct 16, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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September 2025

On Its 20th Anniversary, the Truth About the Collosal Failure of Trump Tower New Orleans

Four days before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Donald Trump announced plans for a $400 million skyscraper, the tallest in Louisiana. But the…

Sep 12, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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