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A STRONG YEAR FOR SWLA
By George Swift, President/CEO, Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance This year, our region has benefited from unprecedented industrial announcements for future developments that will total more than $58 billion. This amount makes Southwest Louisiana
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LESLEY JACOBS
When 77-year-old Lesley Jacobs, better known to his numerous friends as “Jake,” came to Lake Charles in August of 1956, he didn’t have much. “Everything I owned I carried in a brown paper sack
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MAXIMUM SECURITY GOLF
Louisiana’s ‘Prison View’ Golf Course Promises Arresting Views And Captivating Play If you’ve dismissed the story that there’s a public golf course on the grounds of Angola as an urban myth, you have
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BULLYING IN SWLA: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Bullying Roundtable: Local Experts Discuss Options Available To Victims And Bullies And Their Families Bullying has been in the forefront of news in the last couple of years, with several cases of kids committing
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LEN PAULEY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
After Losing His 15-Year-Old Daughter Hannah To Suicide In 2011, Len Pauley Is Raising Awareness Of Bullying In An Effort To Save Lives ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Everyone knows the saying “sticks and stones may break your bones,
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PEACEFUL WARRIOR: JOSH QUAYHAGEN
Local Martial Artist Spreads Anti-Bullying Message Local mixed martial arts fighting sensation Josh Quayhagen may have made a name for himself by fighting others. But his message to his students and the youths he
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THE DREAMS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA
The Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”) was to be President Obama’s signature program — the one that defines his presidency. I suspect it will be, but not in the way he envisioned. The botched
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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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