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‘COVID is not going away’
By Emily Burleigh American Press Despite a statewide decrease in the number of positive COVID-19 cases report, the ...
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Fort Polk name change could cost $1.4M
By Pamela Sleezer American Press U.S. Government officials believe the process to remove and replace Fort Polk’s name ...
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Honorary Cowboys: Special friends take part in inaugural Victory Day at McNeese
By Emily Burleigh American Press The McNeese State University football team hosted their first Victory Day celebration on ...
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Cowboys face high temps in first day in full pads
By Jim Gazzolo Special to the American Press On the hottest day of camp yet, the Cowboys strapped ...
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Former legislator dies, Leach, who served in Congress and state House, was 88
By Pamela Sleezer American Press Longtime legislator and Leesville native Anthony Claude “Buddy” Leach Jr. passed away this ...
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W.W. Lewis Middle to get $5.7M in FEMA hurricane funds
By Emily Burleigh American Press W.W. Lewis Middle School will be receiving $5,796,062.96 in recovery funding for repairs ...
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VanMetre new chief academic officer of Calcasieu Parish schools
By Emily Burleigh American Press After 22 years with the Calcasieu Parish School Board, Dr. Jason VanMetre has ...
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Field set for Nov. 8 election
Candidates seeking public office in the six parishes of Southwest Louisiana signed up this week to qualify for ...
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Westlake starts demo of damaged residential properties
By Rita LeBleu Southwest Daily New The Westlake City Council started the process for demolishing residential properties that ...
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Voice of reason: Grant brings SLC back from near collapse, looking to future
By Jim Gazzolo American Press It didn’t take long for Chris Grant to find out that when he speaks ...
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Sam Houston Jones State Park back up and running
By Emily Burleigh American Press After 20 months of hurricane recovery, repairs and renovations, Sam Houston Jones State ...
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Death sentence: Second jury sentences trooper’s killer to death
After one hour of deliberations, the jurors in the penalty phase of Kevin Daigle’s first-degree murder conviction unanimously ...
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Orioles call: Ardoin gets call from Baltimore in 4th round
By Warren Arceneaux American Press Sam Houston graduate and Texas star Silas Ardoin didn’t have to wait long ...
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AT&T expanding fiber, cellular coverage, Council concerned with safety of Maplewood Drive construction
The Sulphur City Council received a report on the roll out of AT&T fiber, including how some households ...
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Public gives input on Center Circle Park redesign
About 50 residents took Sulphur Parks and Recreation up on its invitation to help influence the design of ...
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Clophus named 9th grade principal, Sulphur native wants all students to find success
Katherine Clophus, Ed. D., has been named principal of Sulphur High School 9th grade campus. The Sulphur native ...
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Sulphur community activist Randy Hebert honored
Sulphur Mayor Mike Danahay proclaimed Tuesday “Randy Hebert Day” in honor of the longtime community activist. “In every ...
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Schedule 3.0: Lamar’s sudden return forces SLC to make a few more changes
By Jim Gazzolo Special to the American Press McNeese State finally has its football schedule set. After scrambling ...
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Head Start staff must be vaccinated, but will get $3,000 bonus in return
By Emily Burleigh American Press All Head Start staff members, volunteers and contractors whose activities involve contact with ...
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Blue jeans added to School Board uniform policy
By Emily Burleigh American Press An amendment to the Calcasieu Parish School Board’s dress code policy was approved ...
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Missing DeQuincy man found alive
By Pamela Sleezer American Press A missing DeQuincy man was found alive Tuesday morning in a densely wooded area ...
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School supplies for many Calcasieu public students covered
By Emily Burleigh American Press The Calcasieu Parish School Board will once again be providing basic school supplies ...
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Sulphur man convicted of molestation accuses juror of bias
The appeal of a Sulphur man accused of molesting a 6-year-old girl has been remanded back to the ...
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SPAR board selects Koelzer as new director
Special to the Daily News The Sulphur Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners has selected Laurie Koelzer to ...
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Abelias: Tough and beautiful
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Flowering ornamental shrubs that require little to no effort are a prized ...