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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A documentary screening in Lake Charles on Sunday brought attention to Louisiana’s disappearing Cajun prairies and how residents can help restore native plants in their own yards. The city hosted a screening of “Louisiana Grass Roots” at the Central School Arts & Humanities Center....
This restaurant has gone by at least four different names, and one family has kept the kitchen running through every single one. Although that’s quite a thing to casually mention, it gets better. The family began feeding the public in 1921. Five generations later, they still run the place.
Tiny ants, millions strong, are spreading across Louisiana. They don't sting, but they nest in warm electronics and ride in on mulch and potted plants.
A Connecticut artist won the 2027 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition with a portrait of a wood duck, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Friday. Jennifer Reising of Noank won the 39th annual contest. Her painting shows a single wood duck at rest on the water with cypress...
Louisiana’s apparent obsession with five fast food chains is more than a passing craving. It reflects the state’s deep ties to chicken culture, regional loyalty, and a taste for brands that feel close to home.
This weekend’s cold front and colder front predicted to push Friday into south Louisiana — the forecast is calling for a 38-degree morning in seven days — has duck hunters more than ready to take to blinds in Louisiana’s West Zone for Saturday’s first segment of a 60-day season.
The travel center chain is opening its first location in Louisiana on Monday, Nov. 9 in Lafayette
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KALB) - Fellow musicians are rallying around Louisiana native Sammy Kershaw, who said the Country Music Association won’t let him walk the red carpet. In a candid post shared Thursday to his official Facebook page, the 68-year-old Kaplan native told his more than 840,000 followers that the organization rejected his credential request just two weeks ahead of the ceremony.
The big win comes on the heels on another historic Powerball win from back in August.
These pups are safe and ready to find their happily ever after.
Documentary "Louisiana Grass Roots"
The 2026-27 Louisiana duck hunting season begins in the West Zone with a youth and veterans only hunt on November 7, followed by the first segment of the regular season a week later on November 14, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. The East Zone’s youth and...
A new Buc-ee’s can mean a new place to fill up and, for some people, a new place to clock in. Construction has already started at each site, though opening dates are still targets. Here are the new Buc-ee’s stores coming to Louisiana, North Carolina and Georgia in 2027....
Fun fact: one New Orleans spot on this list serves a gumbo built on a recipe that’s about sixty years old. Another one swaps out the meat entirely and still makes jambalaya and yakamein work. Who knew soul food could stretch that far?. A Shreveport kitchen on this list...
Dozens of dogs rescued from dogfighting ring
An aquarium in Louisiana has a gem mine inside it. You can sift for crystals and shark teeth a short walk from the touch tanks. That detail alone hooked me. Then I learned one outdoor sluice up north stretches 96 feet. Its mining rough holds specimens from 14 different countries.
Hot sauce ice cream is sitting in a freezer at the end of a factory tour, and people actually line up for it. That alone tells you this stop plays by its own rules. The same spot bottles roughly 700,000 bottles of a world-famous pepper sauce every single day. The recipe still sticks to three simple ingredients: peppers, vinegar, and salt.
Hundreds of Louisiana artists share one shop, and every single thing on the shelves was made by hand. That’s easy enough to understand. Although that’s quite a thing to casually mention, since it means your gift shopping just got a lot harder to rush. The idea runs deeper...
