Longtime readers of the American Press just might remember the name Yancey Roy, who worked in the sports department in 1989-90 after attending graduate school in Boston. Before that, he spent some time writing news and features for the American Press.
Yancey grew up in Jennings, where his mother st ...BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
Mark it down on the calendar. Nov. 13. That’s the first day of 2011 there was Christmas music playing in a local business. The best place for Chinese food had “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on its speakers Sunday night. For those of you familiar with “A Christmas Story,&r ...
BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
A year ago I shared this view with you. It’s from the roof of the Hotel Oregon in McMinnville. Soon it will be too cold and wet to have lunch up there, but we got in one last business lunch to savor the view and hope it holds us through the long rainy season. Hope you enjoy, and I hope all i ...
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My friends George and Lucy shared this photo with me. I want to share it with you. This tree is in their front yard. It’s beautiful here. The leaves that aren’t on the ground — and there are a lot of them — are spectacular. More to come.BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
Louisi-Bama Gumbo Bowl To Take Place Before LSU-Alabama Game BATON ROUGE – Renowned chefs John Folse and Rick Tramonto, in light of the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala,, on April 27, have partnered with longtime friend Bob Baumhower, an Alabama football legend and f ...BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
It's Monday, Oct. 24, and the Earth is still here. My guess is The Weather Channel wouldn't like this guy's batting average.BY CARL DUBOIS / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS
If you saw my post not that long ago about Rebecca, you know what today's is about. Here is the CaringBridge update from her family: This will be the last post. Heaven has a new angel, Rebecca Lynne Breeden, as of 7:40am. She is cancer-free, long-brown hair, CURLY!!! Arrangements: Friday, October ...BY CARL DUBOIS / AMERICAN PRESS
What they're saying: Lavasier Touinei. I like mine better.
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I wanted you to be the first to know. We're applying for membership in the SEC. They need a 14th member institution. I didn't even know I had my own school until this arrived in the mail Tuesday. Since then, a lot has happened. I hit the ground running with this news! So now you know.BY CARL DUBOIS / AMERICAN PRESS
Will it have that new-car smell?BY CARL DUBOIS / AMERICAN PRESS
In Pearl LaFleur's class a long time ago at St. Margaret, I inadvertently revealed that much of my knowledge of the world owed to a passion for sports. How did I figure out what state was the Buckeye State? Well, if the Ohio State football team was the Buckeyes, then ... What color is crimson? Well ...
SOILEAU — The sounds of Cajun and Zydeco music echoed through the countryside Monday as hundreds of revelers roamed the back
roads of rural All ...
An Iowa businessman wants the chairman of the Lake Charles Planning and Zoning Commission to step down after a controversial
vote involving a planned ...
A weekend of Carnival revelry will come to an end today with several Fat Tuesday parades and chicken runs in the area.
Two parades will make their wa ...
Today’s college and university students have
had opportunities throughout their educational journeys to learn about black history in a way th ...
Matt Flynn is about to be somebody’s NFL starting quarterback.
He had to wait four years, but that’s OK. He’s done it before. He& ...
Only the future and the unpredictable nature of tournament play will determine whether tonight’s game between McNeese State
and Texas-Arlington ...
McNeese’s baseball team continues its season-opening road trip today, two hours from home, when the Cowboys travel to face
LSU. But several Mc ...
SULPHUR — The postseason drought is over for the Sulphur Lady Tors, who beat Terrebonne 54-33 in a Class 5A bi-district game
Monday night, its ...
The Children’s Theatre Company attended the 2012 Louisiana Thespian Festival on Jan. 27-28 on the campus of Northwestern State
University in Na ...“The Hell of ’63,” a 2009 Dutch film, will be presented free by Calcasieu Cinema International at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Central
Sch ...
The McNeese State University Cowboy Marching
Band is one of five university marching bands selected for video performance at the 2012 College Band ...
“Grace and Glorie,” a play that opens at the Lake Charles Little Theater at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, is a great vehicle for the
two actresses, ...
