featured »
SHOP TALK
Most Area Barbers And Hairstylists Have Heard It All By Angie Kay Dilmore On the wall at Kim Sonnier’s hair salon hangs a plaque with a saying Sonnier claims as her shop motto.
Read More »
2013 LAGNIAPPE AWARDS
The Object Of Desire Award MARY LANDRIEU All year long, a lot of Louisiana Republicans were desperately yearning for what Mary Landrieu had — a seat in the U.S. Senate. In fact, in the
Read More »
DANNY WANNAGE
“I Owe Them My Life” Local Man Gives To Students At St. Louis, Receives It Back Tenfold By Karla Wall Danny Wannage has worked hard all his life — as a manual laborer and
Read More »
STEAMBOAT BILL’S: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER
One Of The Four Businesses That Have Appeared In Lagniappe’s Best Of Awards For 20 Consecutive Years It’s now been 20 years since Lagniappe published the results of its first Best Of Southwest Louisiana
Read More »
CASA MANANA: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER
One Of The Four Businesses That Have Appeared In Lagniappe’s Best Of Awards For 20 Consecutive Years It’s now been 20 years since Lagniappe published the results of its first Best Of Southwest Louisiana
Read More »
PAT’S OF HENDERSON: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER
One Of The Four Businesses That Have Appeared In Lagniappe’s Best Of Awards For 20 Consecutive Years It’s now been 20 years since Lagniappe published the results of its first Best Of Southwest Louisiana
Read More »
DARRELL’S: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER
One Of The Four Businesses That Have Appeared In Lagniappe’s Best Of Awards For 20 Consecutive Years It’s now been 20 years since Lagniappe published the results of its first Best Of Southwest Louisiana
Read More »
WARREN SELLS: AMERICAN HERO
In his 90th year, Warren Sells, who grew up in Cameron Parish and Lake Charles, has a lot to look back on. This veteran of three wars characterizes himself as an extreme introvert. But
Read More »
ROCKY FONTENOT
Local Man Has Helped Many Students Become Better Basketball Players … And More Successful Adults By Karla Wall When Rocky Fontenot, owner of Rocky’s Feed and Garden Supply Center in Sulphur, talks about some
Read More »
RICHEST ACREAGE ON EARTH
From Sulphur Mines To Oil To Salt Brine For Industries, Sulphur Has Been One Of Most Productive Areas In The Nation The wave of exiled Acadians settled in SWLA in the late 1700s. They were followed
Read More »
