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Due to COVID-19, Please Expect Delays … For The Rest Of Your Life

admin October 8, 2021 Comments Off on 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

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Ben Herrera’s Triple Play

Kerri Cooke February 11, 2021 Comments Off on 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

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Optimism By Choice

Pierre Fontenot August 20, 2020 Comments Off on Optimism By Choice

If I’m thirsty, I drink, if I’m hungry, I eat, but how does one quench pessimism? I feel it, personally, I feel it, locally, I think America is in a national state of negative. 

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What Do Kids Think About Going Back To School?

Kristian Bland August 20, 2020 Comments Off on 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.

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Corona Life

Michael Kurth August 20, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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BACK TO SCHOOL … OR NOT

Karla Wall August 6, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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‘‘DO I STILL KNOW HOW TO ‘DANGLE A PARTICIPLE?’

Brad Goins August 6, 2020 Comments Off on ‘‘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

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SWLA: NOW HIRING

Brad Goins July 24, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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It’s Still About The COVID

Brad Goins July 16, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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Is It Really All That Bad?

Brad Goins July 2, 2020 Comments Off on 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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