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This might sound like a stupid question, but who is responsible if a Mardi Gras float hits someone?
As is usually the case with legal questions, both civil and criminal, it depends on the circumstances. But — assuming here the reader refers to civil law — R.S. 9:2796 provides a guide. ...
BY ERIC CORMIER / AMERICAN PRESS
Smothered deer and pork sausage and potatoes. Uncomplicated, savory and filling. That is what I thought when my brother in all things culinary –– Brad Puckett –– told me about a dinner he prepared for his family a few days ago. As a result, potatoes and sausage have been o ...BY ANDREW PERZO / AMERICAN PRESS
Are the temporary speed limit signs — 25 mph — I see on Weaver Road and by Prien Lake Park on Henderson Bayou Road legally binding? I appreciate the need to protect children, but these signs are flimsy and end up in the road. Does the sheriff approve of these? The signs, which list s ...BY ANDREW PERZO / AMERICAN PRESS
Coming into Iowa from I-10 there’s a partially demolished service station that’s been that way for over a year. Can the city do anything about this eyesore? “In mid-September of 2011, we sent a newsletter to each resident asking for their cooperation in improving the appearance ...BY ANDREW PERZO / AMERICAN PRESS
Why does the Lake Charles airport choose not to use the walkways that connect to the aircraft? It cannot be because of prop planes, because I have seen them use the walkway connected to the aircraft with props when off-loading handicapped persons. Seems the Lake Charles airport uses this featu ...
BY ERIC CORMIER / AMERICAN PRESS
People always ask me what my favorite dish or restaurant is, and I decline answering because I do not really have a favorite. What piques my interest are food items and restaurant themes that provide a unique experience. Earlier this week, I was sitting with some friends when one of them, Dwayne J ...BY BOBBY DOWER / AMERICAN PRESS
A year ago, our newspaper endorsed the idea of adult and teenage mentors helping younger students. The seed came from high school students following a package of stories the American Press published in the summer of 2010 about issues of some of the low-performing schools in Calcasieu Parish. Spear ...BY ERIC CORMIER / AMERICAN PRESS
I sit at my office computer writing this column hours after a foodie-altering experience that included making amends with undoubtedly one of the top five chefs in Lake Charles. After years of ignoring and quietly developing a quasi-disdain for each other — based, at the end of the day, on not ...BY ANDREW PERZO / AMERICAN PRESS
What was the basis for the legal ruling or whatever that took the books for sale out of the public library? I went to the Westlake library today, and there were no books for sale on the shelf. I enjoyed them, and it’s a shame that they’re not there anymore. I want to know why. Michael S ...BY ANDREW PERZO / AMERICAN PRESS
I heard two guys arguing the other day. One said Dallas has the biggest payroll in the NFL. The other said it was the Washington Redskins. Could you list the top 10 teams for pay? You bet. The 10 teams with the highest payrolls in the NFL, according to Spotrac.com, a website that keeps track of pr ...BY SCOOTER HOBBS / AMERICAN PRESS
BATON ROUGE — While sifting through the debris of LSU’s latest shock and awe path of destruction, this time 45-10 of defending national champion Auburn, suddenly the questions changed for the diligent worker ants in the press box. When the night’s scribbling and typo-ing was done, ...
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, ...
