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What Daddy Left Behind
By Madelaine B. Landry My father left us in 1980, too young at age 62. Daddy wasn’t a wealthy man; so mostly what he passed on to his children could be shared, not spent.
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 »The Tale Of Salt: The Orphaned Opossum
Co-written and Photographed by Bill Coyne and Dana McCuller I can’t define any one particular moment where it all began. Like any kid, I had my curiosities with bugs, lizards, and just about anything else
Read More »Apology Accepted
Missed the mark. Tone deaf. Unaware of the situation. Out of sync. Unprepared for the obvious questions. Any of the above would be a pretty accurate way to describe why Drew Brees found himself
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 »Despite Medical Advances, Mental Health Care Lags
Mental Health Disorders And Treatment By Kerri Cooke Mental illness — what comes to mind when you hear this phrase? Perhaps you associate it with someone exhibiting erratic behavior. After all, when there’s a
Read More »Let There Be Light
UV Light As A Method Of Sanitization By Kerri Cooke The current global pandemic has put extra emphasis on how to keep public areas hygienic to reduce the spread of disease. There’s one decontamination
Read More »Southern Hospitality
Jeff Davis Parish: Historic Heritage, Delicious Food And More By Cheré Coen Lake Arthur has been called one of Louisiana’s hidden secrets — an enormous fresh water lake south of Jennings that’s been attracting hunters
Read More »Louisiana Extends Usage of Cannibas
By Kerri Cooke Is coronavirus anxiety keeping you from functioning? Louisiana just passed a bill into law that will allow doctors to begin prescribing medical marijuana in August for conditions besides just cancer, seizures,
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