by Do South | Feb 1, 2017 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Bordertown Events”][/title] The Mardi Gras celebration got its start in medieval Rome, spread to France, and then to the French colony of New Orleans in the 1600s. In 1875, Louisiana made Mardi Gras a...
by Do South | Jul 1, 2016 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: Nick Daniels, courtesy Patricia Brown-Crowe”][/title] It was a morning of bad beginnings for Patricia Brown-Crowe. After waking, she says, she realized the HVAC unit at her Fort Smith, Arkansas home was on the...