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THE BAR IS ALWAYS OPEN
A 61-year-old Texas man admitted to a hospital appeared to be falling-down-drunk even though he denied having had a single drink. He was found to be manufacturing beer in his stomach. With “auto-brewery syndrome,”
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JUDGES’ RACES ABOUT TO BE IN DE NEWS BIG TIME
Wit’ Judge Wilfred steppin’ down az a district Judge, an election haz to be helt to fill dat vacancy. Da State Supreme Court has appointed Richard Wilson to serve in Carter’s seat on de
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BRODY MEAUX
Brody Meaux is the 14-year-old son of Lake Charles residents Jimmy and JoAnn Meaux. Brody has the rare genetic disease MeCP2 duplication syndrome. MeCP2 is a neurological condition that occurs almost entirely in males.
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WILL OUSLEY: ARTIST, POET AND ‘FREAK’ OF BAGDAD
Lake Charles is on the east side of the Calcasieu River, and Westlake, of course, is on the west side. The Calcasieu River turns into the northwest corner of the lake. Before the river
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EARLY DAYS IN WESTLAKE AND BAGDAD
Westlake began to come into being 200 years ago, when Calcasieu River was called Rio Hondo, and both Texas and the Spanish administrators of the Louisiana territory were laying claim to the lands between
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