Through My Eyes: A Heavenly Visit

Todd began with, “Colton, you said that angels sang to you while you were at the hospital?” He nodded his head.

WCCH Foundation elects 2012 officers

Fontenot and Clyde have served on the Foundation Board since 1997, and Backhaus and Peveto-Nelson have served since 2007.

Photo Gallery: 2012 Krewe of Athena Royalty

The Krewe of Athena celebrated its 10th Anniversary Mardi Gras Ball on Saturday, Jan. 21. Emcees for the evening were Lee Peck of KPLC-TV and Kellie Hutchinson. Music was by the Stormy Band of Baton Rouge, and Southern DJ Productions provided for a great evening of fun and entertainment.

West Cal Events Center closer to fruition

“We’ve got events going on just about every weekend. We average, over the last seven years, 165 event days per calendar year. That’s about three events per week,” he said, adding that 75 percent of its utilization comes from youth and family-based organizations and that it sees about a 90 percent return of clientele.

New neighbors accentuate positive in Southwest Louisiana

"Mine is something that has been on my wish list for years: Accentuating the Positive, with Help from Our New Neighbors."

Billy Navarre dealership teams with McDonald's for soccer

Mr. Billy Navarre of Billy Navarre Chevrolet Cadillac and Mr. Doug Gehrig of McDonald’s of SWLA are donating $15,000 to sponsor the Imperial Calcasieu Soccer Association.

Mona Pellerin: Connecting the world to our basic humanity

In a modern world characterized as chaotic and unstable due to economic stress, gross inequalities, fractured governments, increased incidents of human incivility and terrorists attacks, we pause to absorb events that reflect the deeper meanings of our existence.

Tornado damages Westlake neighborhood

“I was on my way home when it happened, which was between 4 and 4:30 p.m.,” said Istre. “I came home and saw that the roof of my carport as well as the one for the front porch had both completely flipped over onto the roof of my house. My porch swing is also on my roof, and one of the metal poles for the carport was completely pulled out. I still can’t find it.”

Fort Polk: Paratroopers learn latest battlefield skills at JRTC

"The Army does a pretty deliberate job at putting people into JRTC that have a lot of fresh experience in what they do," said Maj. Mark Stouffer, operations officer for the Devil Brigade, who arrived at JRTC in early January for a month-long rotation. "They take that fresh experience off the battlefield and bring it directly to the soldiers here, both young and old."

All hail the Deen of hypocrisy

She’s the woman who espouses down home cooking, using enough butter and sugar and plain old fat to give fitness junkies a blockage just from reading her cookbooks. She’s put together doughnut sandwiches with fried eggs. She’s deep fried your dog and put powdered sugar on it. (This is unsubstantiated rumor, however).

McNeese State to host faculty recital Tuesday night

This free program will include: “Suite” by Darius Milhaud; “Grand Duo Concertant” by Carl Maria von Weber, op 48; “Three Preludes” by George Gershwin/arranged by James Cohn; and “L’Histoire Du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale)” by Igor Stravinsky. Jay Jacobs is the narrator.

Weekly Health Report: A treatment option to heal your heel pain

Unfortunately, for some people, conservative care and treatment is ineffective in heel pain relief. The most common surgical procedure used today to correct this issue is endoscopic plantar fasciotomy, or EPF, a relatively new surgical treatment.

Adult education pilot program underway

“Our executive director wrote a grant at the end of last year, and we were one of eight adult education programs in the state of Louisiana that was actually chosen to pilot a dual enrollment program,” said Ezendu.

West Cal Events Center closer to fruition

“Over the last seven years, it is estimated that we have generated in excess of $15 million for the local economy through direct spending. An additional $8 to $10 million indirectly has been spent in the area thanks to the operation we have had in the last seven years,” said Areno.

Honoré discusses plans for state’s bicentennial celebrations

“We will use this year to promote education. We have a release of books teachers can use in the classroom. The books integrate our history into the curriculum from third grade to 12th,” Honoré said.

CASA volunteers sworn in at meeting

CASA, a program of Family & Youth, recruits and trains volunteers who advocate in court for the best interests of abused and neglected children. CASA volunteers serve as the eyes and ears of the court, gathering information on each child’s situation.

Photo Gallery: West Cal School News (January 15-20)

Get caught up on the school news from around West Calcasieu Parish for the week of January 15-20 through our photo gallery.

DOTD alternating lane closures on I-10 in Sulphur today

The lane closures are necessary to complete striping.  The lane closures will be short in length and duration and are not expected to caused major disruptions to traffic.
 

54th Annual Louisiana Fur & Wildlife Festival honored

The festival was held Jan. 13-14, in Cameron, with plenty of activities for festival goers, including parades, dances with authentic Cajun music, exhibits and a carnival, along with some rather unusual events such as trap setting contests, nutria and muskrat skinning, oyster shucking contests, skeet shooting and dog trials.

Poetry Out Loud 2012 begins

This will mark Poetry Out Loud’s sixth year as an innovative arts education program that has revolutionized poetry’s role in high schools across the nation.

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