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PLACE NO. 1
Artists Use Contemporary Art For Playful Appreciation Of The Area’s Past Throughout the month of November, PLACE No. 1 was “Lake Charles’ pop-up contemporary art museum.” For 26 days, the former downtown Social
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Duck Quesadilla
I always inform readers if I encounter a tasty local dish that’s entirely new to me. It happened recently at a relatively new place downtown called Cowboy’s Mexican Bar and Grill (723 Ryan). I
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Making ‘The Best’ Cover
By Brad Goins As the deadline for Lagniappe’s 21st annual Best of Southwest Louisiana approached, Lake Charles photographer Lindsey Janies was given the assignment of photographing a modernized version of Jeannie — the
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MEET THE SMITHS
There is a place called “Tricorner.” It’s a place where the states of West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia meet. It’s one of the poorest places in the U.S. Many adults in Tricorner don’t have
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Pho Saigon
Now here is some good news indeed. The Lake Area has a second Vietnamese restaurant. Pho Saigon is located off Martin Luther King Highway between Lake Charles and Moss Bluff. Pho is the delicious
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INSIDE THE BOOM’S BIG NUMBERS
By Brad Goins Sasol is likely to be the biggest investor in this big upcoming boom you’ve been hearing about and will keep hearing about. The company will put up to $21 billion
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INFORMATION CENTRAL
If Information Is Power, The New Regional Impact Study Will Make Local Planners Supermen By Brad Goins On Nov. 7, Southwest Louisiana was introduced to the Regional Impact Study. The study
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THE LUCKIEST GUY
After C.J. Ardoin Was Badly Injured In A Horrific Motorcycle Crash, His Wife Kim Was Told To Prepare For The Worst. They Couldn’t Imagine How Well The Story Would End By Brad Goins Halfway
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About Town
— Local charitable Christmas efforts are picking up steam. Among them is the annual Kiwanis Coats for Kids drive. The Kiwanis ask that you contribute your used coats. They’ll be given to children living
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The Priest Who Told Patton To Shut Up And Other Interesting, Surprising, Wondrous And Bizarre Stories And Facts From DeRidder
The Biggest Pine — Ever! (Maybe) When timber men first came to the DeRidder area in large numbers in the 1890s, they claimed that a pine tree they’d located in the DeRidder area was the world’s
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