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What makes vinyl a $1.2 billion industry today? For most who buy vinyl records, it’s that whole sensory rush. There’s the sound, of course, but it’s also the romance — the feel and smell
Read More »Preserving Your Wedding Dress
By Sandra Joseph How do you preserve your beautiful wedding gown and keep it in good enough shape to hand down to your daughter or daughter-in-law one day? How do you keep it from
Read More »Wedding Day Glamour
By Madelaine B. Landry The one day that a woman does not want an unexpected glitch to happen is her wedding day. That definitely includes her carefully crafted timeline for wedding makeup, wedding hair
Read More »A Trio Of Taste
My wife, Shyla, and I did not really have any plans for the weekend outside of the ordinary household tasks and chores. A buddy had hinted at
Read More »Catwoman Takes On A Mardi Gras Ball
I grew up in God’s country, but you might know it as Ville Platte, Louisiana. Mardi Gras in Ville Platte looks like a gravel road, a
Read More »Wade’s Warnings
When Will Wade uttered that now prescient prediction of 23 wins for his McNeese Cowboys when he was hired last spring, he had a loftier goal in mind for his return to coaching. The
Read More »THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE FILMS IN LAKE CHARLES
BY DIANA VALLETTE The folks over at Visit Lake Charles secured another great opportunity for our city. In case you missed it, Food Network rolled in on Jan. 29 to film an episode of
Read More »Fish Fry For Haiti
Fish Fry for Haiti, the annual fundraiser to support Saint Mathieu Ecole Episcopale in Haiti, will take place Friday, Feb. 23. Take-out dinners of catfish with all the trimmings plus a homemade dessert will
Read More »Still A Lot To Do
Winning A Grammy Was Great, But Jo-El Sonnier Still Feels There’s Much To Accomplish By Lisa Addison Local legend and Grammy Award winner Jo-El Sonnier has played the accordion and performed in every state
Read More »A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM
CARBON CAPTURE IS LARGELY A MATTER OF GREAT UNKNOWNS • BY BRAD GOINS The Biden administration recently gave Louisiana regulators new and unusual power to attract and approve carbon capture projects. Louisiana is accustomed
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