By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Jan 6th, 2023
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Article by GEORGIANN POTTSPhotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK For over 30 years, television viewers in our region felt like they knew Judy Wagoner. After all, she was a voice for KNOE-TV8 Broadcast News whom they trusted to deliver the information that they needed, when they needed it. Working closely w...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Jan 6th, 2023
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Article by SHANNON DAHLUM Every year, 45 million Americans go on a diet and spend $33 billion on weight loss products. Despite all the effort and money spent, 73.6% of us are overweight or obese, and only 12% of American adults are metabolically healthy. We’re told to eat less and move more, so we do...
By Nathan Coker
In Features
Jan 6th, 2023
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article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Growing up, Mom routinely took us to the pediatrician. I associated Dr. Bodron’s intense stare and half donut of white hair with knowledge. Men who looked like him in white coats knew things; they helped sick people. Since I rarely got sick, I only went for checkups. Othe...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jan 6th, 2023
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Review by Meredith Mckinnie This contemporary romance novel by Sally Rooney centers on two meandering couples and the primary friendship between the women. Alice, an independently wealthy novelist fresh off a mental breakdown, and Eileen, an editor for a literary magazine, converse via letters/emails...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Jan 6th, 2023
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Article by Cindy G. Foust Welp, here we all are on the cusp of 2023, which really sounds like a sci-fi movie more than anything, right? It seems like I was just sitting in front of my Christmas tree writing my column last year and suddenly, here we are again. Time sure flies when you’re […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Jan 6th, 2023
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Article by STARLA GATSONPhotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Meka Bennett talks with BayouLife about being motivated by her family to attend beauty school, and how she went from working at a mall salon to working with celebrity clients. When Meka Bennett was young, she sat on the floor in the bathroom do...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Jan 6th, 2023
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Article by VANELIS RIVERAPhotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Jay Pappa’s is a new restaurant specializing in great steaks, seafood and spirits. When Jonathan Perry first saw an old photograph of his grandfather grilling outdoors, he immediately thought it would make a compelling statement piece for a re...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Dec 1st, 2022
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Article by Vanelis RiveraPhotography by Kelly Moore Clark NESTLED BETWEEN THE DIVERSE, antique shops lining the Cotton Port Historic District of Downtown West Monroe stands a delectable scratch bakery and coffee bar. Not only is it ready to fill your holiday season with holly jolly sweets, but it may...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Dec 1st, 2022
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article by Cindy G. Foust Oh, the weather outside is frightful, because it’s still 50 degrees and un-delightful, I wish we had a place to go, where it would snow, and snow, please Mother Nature let it snow!” That’s it. That’s all I got. We have in fact, had a temperature “dip” and are enjoying [&hell...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Dec 1st, 2022
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Article by Starla GatsonPhotography by Kelly Moore Clark Betty Crouch picked up pottery at 67-years-old. This hobby turned career has given Crouch purpose, something she was desperate for when she began devoting more of her time and energy to it over a decade ago. I’m a jack of all trades but a maste...
