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Rusty Metoyer’s ‘Nouveau Zydeco’ Keeps Old Family Traditions Alive Story By Brad Goins • Photos By Lindsey Janies Of his second zydeco CD, In Due Time, Rusty Metoyer says, “I’ve been pushing it hard.” Part of his devotion
Read More »Lydia Crochet Wins State Literacy Award
Lydia Crochet is a children’s book author who lives in Lake Charles with her husband, Ray, and rescue dog, Jeanie. Her book “Jeanie the 3-Legged Dog; I Don’t Need Four Feet” has won two
Read More »THE PROVING GROUND
Fort Polk Celebrates 75 Years As America’s Premier Training Facility For Harsh Conditions By Brad Goins On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan conducted a massive attack on Pearl Harbor that would ensure that the United States
Read More »The Compassionate Doc Jeane: Vernon Parish’s Doctor
By Anne Regan The Jeane family of Vernon Parish has deep roots as cultivators of the land. Their ancestors, along with several million other colonists, left the eastern states in the early 1800s for
Read More »Dr. Yvonne Stelly-Anderson
LC’s Oldest Living Female Doctor Celebrates 95th Birthday By Lydia Crochet Dr. Yvonne Stelly-Anderson, of Lake Charles, has celebrated many milestones throughout her lifetime. And on June 22, 2016, she celebrated a monumental
Read More »STRESSED OUT
The Ancient I-10 Bridge Is Structurally Deficient, And Two Years Of Work On The I-210 Bridge Begins Soon. Something Doesn’t Add Up Here. Story By Kristian Bland Photos By Jason Carroll / monsoursphotography.net On a scale
Read More »LOCAL HEALTH CARE EXPANSION
By Anne Regan T he changing health care environment has been a catalyst for hospitals to redefine their roles in the community. Along with the economic boom in industry comes growth in other areas,
Read More »KEVIN CART
Local Triathlete Prepares For 2016 Ironman 70.3 Mile World Championship By Austin Price Kevin Cart isn’t the first person I’d think of when I imagined a man who regularly places first in triathlons and
Read More »‘We Were Very Blessed’
In the summer of 1973, Jim Serra had completed his sophomore year at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, a young photographer seeking a future in media. At the time, America was engrossed
Read More »Last Man Standing
Thirty members of the Sulphur chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart started delivering honorary folders to funerals of Lake Area veterans in 2004. As of the end of last year, the
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