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Decision on new United Way building expansion headed to Lake Charles City Council
1+ day, 6+ min ago (264+ words) The Kulda Architecture rendering shows the United Way Southwest Louisiana proposed building addition and parking. United Way of Southwest Louisiana may still get approval for its building expansion even though the city's planning commission denied its request. However, the United…...
Lake Charles leaders celebrate the opening of the first phase of the Mid-City Neighborhood
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) Leaders from Lake Charles and around the state cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the Mid-City Lofts on Jan. 21, 2026. Leaders from Lake Charles and around the state break ground on the next phase of the Mid-City Neighborhood Transformation…...
Four New Orleans area teams receive high seeds in nonselect playoff brackets
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (383+ words) Destrehan, Belle Chasse, Lakeshore and South Plaquemines all could have home games through the quarterfinal rounds of the nonselect playoffs. The release of the LHSAA playoff brackets on Sunday showed each of those schools with a top 4 seeding in their…...
After a year of adventures, one walk at this New Orleans park brings the message home
7+ mon, 16+ hour ago (703+ words) Jan Risher, Shyra Latiolais, Gus Pelias and the couple's dogs, Barracks and Rampart, on Oct. 3, 2025 in Audubon Park in New Orleans. A year ago, I started writing this column documenting a weekly adventure. Since then, I've done things like: It's…...