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MY NAME IS CALCASIEU PARISH, AND I HAVE A DRAINAGE PROBLEM
By Brad Goins If you want to keep tabs on local flooding, you can’t have an office that’s better suited than mine, with its big window that opens onto Common Street a block south
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Sam Houston’s Estes Wins Rodrigue Foundation Award
A big Up Front congratulations goes out to Adisyn Estes, a student at Sam Houston High School, who just won third place in the junior division of the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts
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‘It Was A Good Time’
Popular local radio show the Generation Gap recently ran its last edition on KYBS. For five years, “old man” Wes Guidry and “young ‘un” Stormi Sonnier debated the merits of retro rock songs. Stormi
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‘Good Painting Is Good Painting’
Though Hurricane Laura Put Edward Cappel’s Painting On Hold, There’s Still “Plenty To Do” By Brad Goins Born and raised in Lake Charles, artist Edward Cappel says he “always painted.” His mother painted throughout
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Lake Charles, Meet Babe Ruth
Our story begins in 1921. The St. Louis Cardinals’ Rogers Hornsby was in his first year of major home run hitting. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth was in his third year of
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Sacred Ground
‘We Moved Here For That School’ Parents, Alumni Startled By Sudden Proposal Of St. Louis High Relocation Story By Brad Goins • Photos By Chad Moreno For many parents in Lake Charles, Saint Louis
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The Lake Charles Ripper
Southwest Louisiana’s Most Notorious Cold Case By Brad Goins It’s often thought that the triumph of the industrial era in Britain was marked by the emergence of a new kind of criminal — Jack
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‘It’s Just A 6’ Update
Moss Bluff native Gavin Trace Simon is an entrepreneur who’s involved with three business ventures and has created two YouTube channels. Simon is also a songwriter, singer and music video producer, and runs his
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Beaten To A Pulp
Laura Dealt SWLA’s Timber Industry A Catastrophic Loss By Brad Goins When LSU AgCenter’s County Agent Jimmy Meaux says, “we’ve lost a lot of pine trees in the forestry industry,” he’s not exaggerating. While
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‘Music Has Always Been My Go-To’
Musicians, who depend on live audiences for their income, have been especially hard hit by the pandemic. A Nov. 28 NPR story by John Burnett, “COVID-19 Hits Hard For South Louisiana’s Cajun Musicians,” looked
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