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Shop Local!

admin December 29, 2023 Comments Off on Shop Local!

Lake Charles’ Shop Local LC Challenge is now marking its fourth year. And it is (obviously) coming around just in time for the Christmas shopping season. The challenge is simple enough. Patronize at least

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‘A LOT OF MONEY’

admin November 16, 2023 Comments Off on ‘A LOT OF MONEY’

Once a year, LSU economist Dr. Loren Scott comes to Lake Charles to deliver his economic forecast. He just presented the outlook for the 2024-25 business year in a speech at the McNeese Seed

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ADULTS FIGHT … at their KIDS’ SCHOOL

admin October 5, 2023 Comments Off on ADULTS FIGHT … at their KIDS’ SCHOOL

In the first week of September, two rounds of student fights broke out on different days at Barbe High School. What was unusual about the second round of fights was that a few parents

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The Saga Of Neuty The Nutria

admin May 4, 2023 Comments Off on The Saga Of Neuty The Nutria

 A nutria rat from Bucktown, La., was recently up to his buckteeth in publicity — so much so that he was almost relocated to the Baton Rouge Zoo. The drama began on March 15

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Do You Like To Smash? 

Kerri Cooke March 3, 2023 Comments Off on Do You Like To Smash? 

A new business model will open in SWLA just in time for Valentine’s  Day. Break the Psycle is a smash room or “rage room,” in which you can pay money to smash items such

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SWLA Taking Center Stage In Global Market

Kerri Cooke February 20, 2023 Comments Off on SWLA Taking Center Stage In Global Market

Europe has been grappling with an energy crisis since Russia invaded Ukraine in February of last year. And hardly any country was as reliant on imports from Russia as Germany. Years of ignoring U.S.

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SWLA’s Love Of Litigation

Kerri Cooke December 9, 2022 Comments Off on SWLA’s Love Of Litigation

SWLA’s Love Of Litigation One of the contributing factors to Louisiana’s high auto insurance rates is litigation. You can’t turn on the TV without seeing an ad from a lawyer claiming to “get you

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Lake Charles Hosts World LNG & Gas Summit

Brad Goins November 21, 2022 Comments Off on Lake Charles Hosts World LNG & Gas Summit

Lake Charles will host the 19th World LNG & Gas Series: Americas LNG & Gas Summit & Exhibition from Nov. 1 through 3.  The summit and exhibition will offer key information about the LNG

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They Needed A Bigger Net

Brad Goins October 28, 2022 Comments Off on They Needed A Bigger Net

A number of residents of the Lake Area and Cameron Parish marveled at recent photos released by the Coastal Conservation Association that showed an enormous untethered net that was packed full of fish and

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 Lake Area Adventures

Brad Goins October 11, 2022 Comments Off on  Lake Area Adventures

The forthcoming Lake Area Adventures at 1337 Country Club Road is slated to be a 35,000 square-foot entertainment complex. Among its features will be: — A competition-length, indoor, temperature-controlled pool. — A 10,500-square-foot jump

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