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Speed Trap Towns
Are You Fast Or Furious? By Cherry Lane It was around 8 pm on a dark April night when my best friend and I exited I-49 near Alexandria and followed the GPS down a
Read More »Sunroof Driving
Leonard Olsen, 70, was arrested in Lakeland, Fla., for reckless driving after an off-duty sheriff’s deputy filmed him sitting on his sunroof while his Cadillac motored down the road at 40 mph. When Florida
Read More »Stay In A Potato For $200 A Night
Idahoans embraced the Big Idaho Potato, a 28-foot-long steel-and-plaster potato constructed in 2012 to mark the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th anniversary. It’s been traveling the country ever since, promoting Idaho’s biggest crop. The
Read More »Enjoying Wine With Alpacas
In College Station, Texas, the Peach Creek Vineyard is trying out a new concept for its wine-tasting events: wine with alpacas. Teaming up with the Bluebonnet Hills Alpaca Ranch, the vineyard offers customers the
Read More »Born To Fly
After 52 Years As A Pilot, Reagan Cook’s Career Has Been Cleared For Landing Story By Pamela S. Thibodeaux • Photos By Lindsey Janies If you don’t believe some things are simply meant to be, then
Read More »Burp Out Those Bad Spirits, Mate
Looking for a way to banish evil spirits? Check in to The Lighthouse, near Frome, Somerset, England, where a group called Universal Medicine will help you burp your troubles away. The group, founded by
Read More »2019 Jean Lafitte: Karl Lopez
This year’s Jean Lafitte, Karl Lopez, was born and raised in Lake Charles. He graduated from LaGrange High School. He then attended what is now Sowela Technical Community College and graduated with an associate’s
Read More »Catch The Contraband, Inmates!
Outside the North Fork Correctional Unit in Sayre, Okla., Kerri Jo Hickman was arrested for delivering contraband to prison inmates. Hickman employed a T-shirt gun, used by sports team mascots to shoot promotional shirts
Read More »Beer And Marshmallows
Smartmouth Brewing Co. in Norfolk, Va., launched a new “magically ridiculous” beer: a limited-edition IPA — with marshmallows. Chris Neikirk, brewery spokesperson, said the beer is “brewed with in-house toasted marshmallows and bulk dehydrated
Read More »The Joy Of Painting … At School
TV painter Bob Ross has been gone for 24 years. But his inspiration lives on at Madison Middle School in Abilene, Texas, where, on Feb. 7, students in Brady Sloane’s art class donned
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