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'''Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr.''' (December 12, 1912 – March 6, 1993), was a reporter, managing editor, and political columnist for ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', the largest [[newspaper]] in central [[Louisiana]].  

'''Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr.''' (December 12, 1912 – March 6, 1993), was a reporter, managing editor, and political columnist for the ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' the largest [[newspaper]] in central [[Louisiana]].  

He was active from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. Considered an authority on 20th-century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some ten thousand columns under the title, "The Talk of the Town," a play on the name of the newspaper. LaBorde wrote about the strengths and the foibles of the states politicians.​<ref name=bio>"Bordelonville native among six to be inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame January 28", ''Avoyelles Today'', January 4, 2012.</ref>

He was active from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. Considered an authority on 20th-century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some ten thousand columns under the title, "The Talk of the Town," a play on the name of the newspaper. LaBorde wrote about the strengths and the foibles of the states politicians.​<ref name=bio>"Bordelonville native among six to be inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame January 28", ''Avoyelles Today'', January 4, 2012.</ref>