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Due to COVID-19, Please Expect Delays … For The Rest Of Your Life
By Stephanie Hayes Here are some disclaimers from websites and businesses during the fourth wave of COVID-19. Please note: Due to the virus, we are experiencing longer delivery times. Your item will arrive within
Read More »Ben Herrera’s Triple Play
How Ben Herrera Defied COVID-19 And Two Hurricanes To Expand The Local Dining Scene Story By Kerri Cooke • Photos By Chris Brennan Running restaurants is in Ben Herrera’s blood. His love of cooking came from
Read More »What Do Kids Think About Going Back To School?
By Kristian Bland No one knows exactly how schools are going to work this year. Parents and teachers alike are still trying to wrap their heads around all the changes administrators are constantly revising.
Read More »Corona Life
I am sitting in my office with my dog Bandit. He and I have been in semi-self-quarantine for the past three months, which is difficult when you have six kids, 12 grandkids and your
Read More »BACK TO SCHOOL … OR NOT
The CPSB Announces Its Plans For The New School Year By Karla Wall The new school year is scheduled to begin next month. But what the new school year will look like in Calcasieu
Read More »‘‘DO I STILL KNOW HOW TO ‘DANGLE A PARTICIPLE?’
After 25 Years, John Latham Goes Back To School By Brad Goins John Latham has long been a local emcee and entertainer. He has a charismatic and irrepressible personality. He’s filled big notebooks with
Read More »SWLA: NOW HIRING
With Spotty Application Filing, Some Local Businesses Are Coming Up Short Of Workers By Brad Goins Given the number of locals who’ve spent months staying at home during the COVID-19 quarantine, we’d expect to see at least a fairly significant
Read More »It’s Still About The COVID
After all this time, most of the news (around here, anyway) still seems to be about COVID-19. To take one example, at this very time, lots of Louisianans can’t help but be thinking about
Read More »Is It Really All That Bad?
In a May 19 article, the Louisiana Budget Project made the bold statement that “Louisiana was less prepared for a recession than any other state in the nation before the COVID-19 pandemic.” The reasons
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