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Keys To the Dream: The Country Road of Matt Heasley
By Todd C. Elliott When Matt Heasley packed up his car and left Lake Charles for Nashville, Tennessee, he wasn’t chasing fame—he was chasing a feeling. That wild, unshakable pull of music that
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Chef Corner- Zack Aymond
Zach Aymond is Pujo Street Cafe. While the 38 year old is technically the head chef/kitchen manager at the downtown spot, he’s been in Pujo Street Cafe’s kitchen for over 11 years. Aymond
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Hackberry Rod And Gun
By: Rusty Dawdy At 12 years old, Kirk Stansel would sit in class drawing pictures of ducks instead of paying attention. His entire life seemed centered around shotguns, decoys and the smell of gunpowder.
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A Fresh Look For An Historic Place
La. Native Paints DeRidder’s New Downtown Mural By Jody Bradley Caution: Fresh paint. A bold, beautiful mural was recently completed in downtown DeRidder by a home-grown
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Beauty In Scrubs
CHRISTUS Emergency RN Is A Nurse By Day, A Beauty Queen By Night By Diana Vallette Olivia Rivera is a registered nurse, a personal trainer and a beauty queen. By day, Rivera works 12-hour
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Crying Eagle Brewing Lakefront
911 North Lakeshore Drive, Lake Charles Many of us in and around Southwest Louisiana are fortunate enough to have become familiar with Crying Eagle Brewing since 2016. The hip and chill vibe of the
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Beacons In The Night
By Rusty Dawdy Jacks and reds were running the beach. “Just look for pelicans and frigate birds,” is what I was always told. Frigates are cool, they don’t lie, and they’re hard to miss,
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Maria Garcia: Gordon Ramsay Steak
By Diana Vallette At just 27 years old, Maria Garcia has already carved out an impressive path in the culinary world. She’s the executive sous chef at Horseshoe Casino’s Gordon Ramsay Steak, a role
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El Rey Mexican & Bar
2624 Gerstner Memorial Dr., Lake Charles Oh, how I hear the jeers every single time. “We don’t need another Mexican restaurant,” they say. It’s true; Southwest Louisiana has an abundance of Mexican restaurants. From
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Godsend
By Rusty Daddy My summer workload was brutal; July brought two huge projects and the best month our 48-year-old company has ever seen, but it was
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