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EARLY DAYS IN WESTLAKE AND BAGDAD
Westlake began to come into being 200 years ago, when Calcasieu River was called Rio Hondo, and both Texas and the Spanish administrators of the Louisiana territory were laying claim to the lands between
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WENDY COLONNA’S MUSICAL AND PERSONAL ‘RESURRECTION’
By Brad Goins Wendy Colonna, one of the best known musicians of our area and of Austin as well, just came within a hair’s breadth of giving up music altogether. She was in the midst
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CATS ARE BECOMING LIKE US
It all started one night when our cats lay down in a semi-circle on the floor, right in front of the television. Our middle cat, Baxter, had, at times, noticed the television in the
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LEAVING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP? HAVE A PLAN
Sarah is a beautiful, married, 29- year-old marketing rep for a telecom company. She’s independent, strong and self-confident. Her husband owns a plumbing business and is successful, handsome and the life of the party.
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Creative, Collaborative, Local
The Beautiful Legacy Of The Lake Charles Civic Ballet Is Poetry In Motion By Brad Goins As the Lake Charles Civic Ballet moves into its 45th year, it keeps “a very clear vision
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The Last Ride Of Cowboy John, Black Bart And The Infamous Leroy
By Todd C. Elliott Nothing lassoed kiddies of the “baby boom” generation like television. Southwest Louisiana children wrangled around their TV sets six days a week to catch a small, Port Arthur-based, NBC-affiliate TV
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LOST AT SEA
The Lone Survivor Of The Willis Noland Tragedy Tells Lagniappe What Happened That Fateful Night By Jerry Roy as told to Nola Mae Ross This is the first full factual account of the death
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LOUISIANA’S HEALTH PLAN
The Basics By Brad Goins Each state will have its own version of the new Affordable Health Care plan. If you’re a Louisiana resident, this guide should give you the info you need
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Vision Quest – Local Music Legend Jo-El Sonnier’s Grand Idea To Keep Cajun Music And Culture Alive In SWLA
“The trail to today’s Cajun music and culture was blazed a long time ago,” muses Cajun music icon Jo-El Sonnier. And Sonnier’s a big part of that “trail” himself. Often called the “King of
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Extreme Dream Fulfilled
In A Grueling 277-Mile Kayaking Of The Colorado River, Roman Ryder Went From Being “Totally Scared” To Having “The Best Feeling” When it came time to kayak the Granite Rapids of the Colorado
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