We rave about Truvy. Adore Shelby. Fantasize about whipping out Ouiser's one-liners. And we all need a M’Lynn. But every woman wishes she had a friend like Clairee. The cheerful, gossip-hound Clairee ...

Clairee Tynes, a longtime Placentia resident and widow of former councilman and Mayor John O. Tynes, has died. She was 97. Tynes was a community leader whose contributions have left a lasting legacy ...

It’s Saturday morning at Truvy’s Beauty Salon in a little Louisiana town. Truvy reserves Saturday mornings for her closest friends. There’s laughter and sorrow and plenty of one-liners, especially ...

These Magnolias don't break. From left to right: Mary Stout (Ouiser), Allison Layman (Shelby), Devon Caraway (Annelle), Charlotte Booker (Clairee), Erika Rolfsrud (M'Lynn) and Elizabeth Meadows Rouse ...

Clairee Embrey, Alamo Heights: senior, pitcher/third base – Embrey had 17 strikeouts and didn’t allow an earned run a 4-3 victory against Burbank in a game that went nine innings. She also had seven ...

Truvy’s at-home beauty parlor in “Steel Magnolias”? Yeah, that’s a real thing. Take it from actor Cynthia Beckert, who lived for a spell in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where the beloved film version of ...