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MOTHERLY INSTINCT
An Autism Diagnosis Isn’t Stopping Local Mom Brittany Mitchell By Kerri Cooke If you’ve ever seen the movie Miracles From Heaven starring Jennifer Garner, then you might have an inkling about what it takes to be a mother to a child with
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Ben Herrera’s Triple Play
How Ben Herrera Defied COVID-19 And Two Hurricanes To Expand The Local Dining Scene Story By Kerri Cooke • Photos By Chris Brennan Running restaurants is in Ben Herrera’s blood. His love of cooking came from
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PICKING UP THE PIECES
Artists and Volunteers In The Lake Area Team Up To Give Back By Kerri Cooke The Capital One tower in Downtown Lake Charles holds the title as SWLA’s skyscraper. Sure, you have the casino
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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
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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
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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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Interracial Adoption
Raising A Black Child In A White Family In 2020 By Kerri Cooke On the popular app TikTok, 18-year-old Cameron Welch describes the unspoken rules that have been instilled in him growing up in
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Dancing Dreams
Lake Charles Native Gabby Barnes Is A Member Of The Saintsations By Kerri Cooke It takes many people to pull off an NFL football game. While the players on the field of a Saints game
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The Daze of the Lockdown
Lagniappe’s three lead writers report on their experiences during the lockdown. CORONAVIRUS NOTEBOOK By Brad Goins Until mid-March, I’d followed the coronavirus story in a curious, and entirely casual, manner. I felt no
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In China During The COVID-19 Outbreak
Southwest Louisiana Native Speaks From Experience By Kerri Cooke I first met Vickie Peoples five years ago when we were co-workers in Lake Charles. Three years ago she made the decision to go back to
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