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Rest In Peace

Brad Goins September 15, 2016 Comments Off on Rest In Peace

A NEW BUSINESS IS DESIGNED TO GIVE CUSTOMERS THE CASKETS THEY WANT AT PRICES THEY CAN AFFORD By Brad Goins On July 4, longtime Lake Charles resident Kit Kittrell held the soft opening for

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Cowboy Up

Rick Sarro September 2, 2016 Comments Off on Cowboy Up

THE LANCE GUIDRY ERA BEGINS AT MSU: Season Preview By Rick Sarro Football is a game of inches. For the McNeese Cowboys, make that 36 inches. That one yard made a world of difference at

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“Few Of Us Were Mentally Prepared”

Jonathan Fontenot September 2, 2016 Comments Off on “Few Of Us Were Mentally Prepared”

LC NATIONAL GUARD UNIT MEMBER REMEMBERS ACTIVATION DURING 1990 PERSIAN GULF WAR By Jonathan Fontenot In 1990, 11 years before the ongoing war on terror started in 2001, we were involved in another conflict

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Supply And Demand

Anne Regan September 2, 2016 Comments Off on Supply And Demand

LOCAL TEACHERS SUPPLY MORE THAN JUST KNOWLEDGE By Anne Regan   Walking around any store at this time of the year, it is almost impossible to ignore the “back to school” signs staring you

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THE GOD SPOT

Pierre Fontenot August 17, 2016 Comments Off on THE GOD SPOT

My dog, Kramer, trusts me.  I’d like to believe I earned it. She trusted me when she was in youth and vigor, and now, here we are, at her end, and she’s trusting me

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‘I’m 100 Percent About It’

Brad Goins August 17, 2016 Comments Off on ‘I’m 100 Percent About It’

Rusty Metoyer’s ‘Nouveau Zydeco’ Keeps Old Family Traditions Alive Story By Brad Goins • Photos By Lindsey Janies Of his second zydeco CD, In Due Time, Rusty Metoyer says, “I’ve been pushing it hard.” Part of his devotion

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Lydia Crochet Wins State Literacy Award

admin August 17, 2016 Comments Off on Lydia Crochet Wins State Literacy Award

Lydia Crochet is a children’s book author who lives in Lake Charles with her husband, Ray, and rescue dog, Jeanie. Her book “Jeanie the 3-Legged Dog; I Don’t Need Four Feet” has won two

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THE PROVING GROUND

Brad Goins August 17, 2016 Comments Off on THE PROVING GROUND

Fort Polk Celebrates 75 Years As America’s Premier Training Facility For Harsh Conditions By Brad Goins On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan conducted a massive attack on Pearl Harbor that would ensure that the United States

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The Compassionate Doc Jeane: Vernon Parish’s Doctor

Anne Regan August 17, 2016 Comments Off on The Compassionate Doc Jeane: Vernon Parish’s Doctor

By Anne Regan The Jeane family of Vernon Parish has deep roots as cultivators of the land. Their ancestors, along with several million other colonists, left the eastern states in the early 1800s for

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Dr. Yvonne Stelly-Anderson

Lydia Crochet August 2, 2016 Comments Off on Dr. Yvonne Stelly-Anderson

LC’s Oldest Living Female Doctor Celebrates 95th Birthday By Lydia Crochet   Dr. Yvonne Stelly-Anderson, of Lake Charles, has celebrated many milestones throughout her lifetime. And on June 22, 2016, she celebrated a monumental

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