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2019 Hurricane Forecast
Slightly Below Normal Activity Is Likely By Brad Goins When people in the United States start thinking about the chances of bad storms making landfall during hurricane season, they begin with the spring hurricane predictions of Colorado State University. The university
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Young Band Nation
By Justin Morris “Now, you played hard in here, people, and I am proud of every last stinking one of you. So, let’s just give this everything we got. We may fall on our
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Born To Fly
After 52 Years As A Pilot, Reagan Cook’s Career Has Been Cleared For Landing Story By Pamela S. Thibodeaux • Photos By Lindsey Janies If you don’t believe some things are simply meant to be, then
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Yoga In The Lake Area
By Brad Goins When Linda Kleinschmidt started teaching yoga in Lake Charles in 1982, the city wasn’t ready for it, and she didn’t dare use the word “yoga.” She called her first yoga class
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Nice Ectomobile!
Louisiana Ghostbusters Say Their Latest Replica Vehicle — Recreated By Stephen Hebert — Is The Best Yet By Brad Goins Louisiana Ghostbusters, a group based in Lake Charles, are all about paying homage to
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NFL Showtime
In this day and age of social media’s gauntlet of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and You Tube, not to mention the 24-hour news cycle of TV networks, print media, blogs, Yahoo, TMZ and everybody’s DotComs,
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Sulphur Mayor Mike Danahay
Story By Scott E. Raymond • Photos By Lindsey Janies Elected in March and sworn in in May of 2018, Mike Danahay is approaching the end of his first year in office as mayor of the city
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Retired Justice Jack Watson
90 Years And Going Strong By Scott E. Raymond In September, retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jack Watson reached a milestone that many others never realize: he turned 90. When I recently interviewed
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2019 Jean Lafitte: Karl Lopez
This year’s Jean Lafitte, Karl Lopez, was born and raised in Lake Charles. He graduated from LaGrange High School. He then attended what is now Sowela Technical Community College and graduated with an associate’s
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Make Your House Hipster. Or Bohemian.
By Kristian Bland Bohemians were hipsters before hipsters were cool. In a way, they were proto-hipsters, paving the way for today’s fedora-wearing man about town. Of course, that’s not to say bohemians don’t
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