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The technology we have as consumers just never cease to amaze me. I can remember the first drone I bought with a buddy of mine way back years ago. I thought we had made it and that our photography business was just going to make millions because we had one. Of course, that didn't happen. Here we are living in 2022 and we can fly a little drone in the air and sit there to capture almost anything. Trenton LaBiche did just that with a time-lapse of a storm rolling into the Iowa area.

Who Dat Nation is excited about the 2022 New Orleans Saints season. They got plenty to be excited about as the below will point out. They have some major breakout players being added to one of the league's best defenses. First, here is a look at the returning and first-season linebackers entering the 2022 and a breakdown of their stats.

Something called the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says we'll eat 150 million hot dogs on July 4th, making it the top hot dog-eating day of the year. They did a poll, and asked people to name the best drinks to pair with a hot dog. And one in 11 Americans must be fancier than I am because 9% said wine pairs well with them.

Moody Gardens Galveston is the ultimate family resort to visit all year round! There is never a dull moment with so much to do for the entire family. Cool down and splash around at Palm Beach, take a ride in the sky on the Zip Line, or show off your athletic skills on the Rops Course, and explore the Rainforest, Discovery Museum, and Aquarium Pyramids.

A little over a week ago, we announced that Garth Brooks was heading to Houston for his last stadium show in North America. Then we let you know that tickets went on sale last Friday, June 24th. Garth just shook Baton Rouge and if you didn't get a chance to...

Get ready Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana as country music sensation Clay Walker is making his return to Lake Charles in October. The Vidor, Texas native is coming back to the area to play all of his biggest hits for you. After graduating from Vidor High School in 1986, Clay Walker got his start playing the honky tonk bars in Beaumont, Texas. One of his biggest hangouts to play in was called the Neon Armadillo.

If you have a fig tree or know someone in Louisiana who has a fig tree then they are asking the question, what am I going to do with all of these figs. The fig tree you see pictured is one of two that I have at my house. The big one is what I would call a regular fig tree. This other one that you see below is a fig tree designed to flourish in Louisiana.

Brett Eldredge's family just got a little bit bigger: The singer welcomed a new nephew recently. He shared the happy news on social media, including video of himself crooning to the newborn and slowly swaying around the room. Occasionally, he pauses and chuckles as the baby hiccups. "Life update ......

Evan Paul is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 100 country radio stations nationwide, every night from 7PM to midnight. He plays the best new country music and interviews today's top stars, like Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Lady A, Maren Morris, + more!

Back when Luke Combs announced his 2022 Middle of Somewhere Tour, he pledged to keep his tour prices the same as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, in a nod to those who are struggling to afford concert tickets amid the rapidly-increasing costs of seats across all genres. "I know...

I ran across this Facebook post by a lady that rented out an Air Bnb to a customer. That is about as normal of a statement you will read from here on out. The rest sounds like some sort of summer movie as it unfolds. Over the weekend, the owner,...

CSE Federal Credit Union (CSE) and nonprofit Cell Phones For Soldiers are asking Southwest Louisiana residents to help troops call home by donating gently-used cellular phones. The military landscape is ever-changing, as many as 200,000 troops are serving in the United States military overseas around the world. By donating to...

Yesterday got a bit sketchy around parts of Lake Charles, which included the last of the Honky Tonks called Mary's Lounge. As the storm rolled in, the old bar stood strong but the power was a different story. As most of the area lost power from the wind and hail, so did Mary's Lounge. The band playing, Alfred Doucet, of course, stopped for a bit as the rest of the customers opened the doors to let in some light and a breeze.

Louisiana personal injury lawyer Gordon McKernan is honoring the Fourth of July by changing almost 100 billboards across the state to display the American flag. The Fourth of July, or Independence Day, commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. This document was the 13 colonies' official claim of independence from Great Britain and marked the birth of our great nation.

Bad storms moved through Lake Charles yesterday evening causing damage all over the city. We reported earlier that someone went a videoed the aftermath of the damage the storms caused to the Courtyard by Marriott on L'Auberge Blvd. It ripped siding off the side of the hotel and also caused...

Big storms came through Lake Charles early Sunday evening and South Lake Charles looks like it received the worst of it as a possible tornado touched down in the area. Social media exploded yesterday evening with folks posting pictures and videos of the weather as it blew through the area.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking three potential tropical trouble spots, including one in the Gulf of Mexico this morning. How these systems will affect Louisiana's weather is not exactly certain at this time. The good news is that two of the three systems are only given minimal chances of...

An agitated alligator has knocked a wildlife trapper out cold with a wicked head-butt. The incident was captured on video and based on what we can see the trapper was out for a few seconds from the force of the blow. Most of us, in Louisiana anyway, are quite familiar...

The Beauregard Watermelon Festival has announced the winners for the 2022 Mullet Contest in both adult and youth divisions and I am here to tell you based on the video, Billy Ray Cyrus would approve. Based on what we've seen on the Festival's social media sites the mullets were only part of the fun of this historic festival.

A weather system with potential tropical development is currently skirting along the northern Gulf Coast and will likely bring showers and thunderstorms to most of southern Louisiana by tonight and Monday. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are not really giving the system a strong chance to develop. But, very warm waters beneath the system could fuel intensification as time goes by.