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Cowboy Tough
McNeese Football 2026 You’ve probably heard of the new NCAA college eligibility rule called five for five. Well I have come up with my own five for five — the five
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The Lane Kiffin Era Begins
LSU Football Preview By Jim Gazzolo For better or worse, the Lane Kiffin era at LSU is set to begin. Money may not be able to buy you love, but it can get you a
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Hannah And Savannah-(Yes. It Rhymes.)
Twenty-seven-year-old Savannah White and 26-year-old Hannah Ditch met working as bartenders at Luna South. It was 2023. The pair worked together for only for six months, but they became good friends and later went
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The Saga Of The Cancun Kitties
By Todd C. Elliott Some people are called to serve their fellow human beings. Some are also called to serve their fellow feline beings. For the past three years, Barbara Bazzell made a daily
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Em J’s Café
Em J’s Café 2500 Kirkman Street The Internet came abuzz with the announcement of a soon-to-open Em J’s Cafe. Their catchy entrée descriptors, with word play, set the
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Chef’s Corner- A FAMILY AFFAIR
At The Kitchen, Reka White’s role is… everything. At Reka’s family restaurant she does it all–accounts payable, waitress, chef, bus girl. “I’m a jack of all trades,” she says. She’s also next in line.
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A Life In Print- A Tribute To Red Kohnke
Red Kohnke was born in 1930 New Orleans and weathered his youth there. The product of a harder era in a big city, Red spent his early years molded by the heart of Louisiana’s
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Randall and Sue Chesson
50 Years of Ministry, 65 Years of Marriage • By Pierre Fontenot Once upon a time, a boy met a girl. Randall was 17, halfway handsome, Sue was 16, cute ‘n pretty. One minute
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Table Salt: Orinoco Restaurant
Colombian and Venezuelan cuisine 4723 Common Street. Lake Charles My first Orinoco experience was a few years ago. Some of you may remember, before there was a restaurant,
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DANCE LIKE EVERYONE’S WATCHING
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO ENJOYING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF DANCING By TODD C. ELLIOTT On a humid Lake Charles evening last year, while most people settled into the comfort of routine, local
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