The Real News Louisiana

By: J.R. “Randy Stelly”

Founder/Publisher, First Publication 1996

As most of you know, I founded and published “The Real Views” newspaper for 20 years, between 1996 and 2016. Since then, I have been a caretaker for a relative in California and my late wife, who died from a stroke a year ago. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years before she died. Since the death of my wife, I have been doing consulting and volunteer work at the Ben Johnson Educational Center.

A businesswoman, Mrs. Latorria Freeman, recently approached me with a proposition to restart The Real Views! She made me a serious business offer, and I accepted it. Mrs. Freeman asked if I would contribute and help her with the marketing of the newspaper, and I agreed.

I am going to cut my response short. Since the passing of my beloved wife, I have had much free time on my hand. However, I am excited to get back in the game and help resurrect The Real Views with a new publisher. I am looking forward to working for Mrs. Freeman and helping her take the Real Views to another level, including having a presence online and on social media.

I leave the readers with this quote from an article I wrote and published on February 21, 2003, “Today’s events are tomorrow’s history. So how are you contributing?”