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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Time To Wheel And Deal
This NFL offseason promises to be one of the more interesting ones — and I’m not even thinking about any instant replay rule changes or referee firings to make up for the notorious no-call
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Totally Wasted On Vanilla Extract
A motorist in New Canaan, Conn., called police after spotting a woman stopped at an intersection in the driver’s seat of her car with her eyes closed. When officers arrived, they found Stefanie Warner-Grise,
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You’re Only 336 Months Old Once
You’ve seen photo books and calendars depicting swaddled infants surrounded with flowers. In Irmo, S.C., photographer Stephanie Smith re-created the look using her high school friend Nicole Ham. Ham, who is “336 months old,”
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Cremated Remains In Teddy Bear
Rakhi Desai of Houston didn’t think much of the gift she brought home from a white elephant party in mid-December — a brown stuffed bear with a stitched-on heart. As she looked it over
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Apply For Job Then Shoplift Shoes
Dominick Breedlove of Spring Hill, Fla., doomed his chances of landing a job at Kohl’s by getting arrested for shoplifting after his interview. Breedlove arrived for his appointment with human resources and afterward stopped
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