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Top 10 Stories of 2024: LC chosen for LNG Center of Excellence
In 2021, McNeese State University Foundation received a $2.8 million CARES Act recovery assistance grant to construct a ... Read more
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Top 10 Stories of 2024: New hotel planned for lakefront
Talk about lakefront development has been just that — talk — as far back as the ‘70s. Now ... Read more
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Top 10 Stories of 2024: Toll agreed upon for new I-10 bridge
In February 2023, the American Press’ top story was good news-bad news about the Interstate 10-Calcasieu River bridge. ... Read more
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Top 10 Stories of 2024: LC skyscraper is no more
In March 2024, the American Press received a lead that the former Capital One Tower might be demolished ... Read more
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They’re finishing what they started — and you can, too
Most people are familiar with the phrase attributed to George Eliot, “It’s never too late to become what ... Read more
Local Business News
George Swift’s new chapter: ‘Never too late to start over’
George Swift, the founding Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance president/CEO, announced he would be stepping down earlier this ... Read more
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Organ donation: Family turns tragedy into blessing
When Melissa Day received the phone call from a Lake Charles hospital on Monday, July 19, 2023, the ... Read more
Scene
‘Strange’ crew: Local talent brings sci-fi atmosphere to movie
Gates and Madison Hartley recently wrapped up filming “The Strange.” “The Strange” is the working title for a ... Read more
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Local doctor says CVS policy punishes rural residents
A local doctor wants corporate America to stop making healthcare decisions for rural America, calling one new policy ... Read more
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‘A man of integrity’: Dane Bolin set to take reins as Calcasieu Parish administrator
At the Oct. 17 meeting, Police Jurors adopted a resolution appointing Dane R. Bolin Calcasieu Parish Administrator. He ... Read more