McNeese Sports
Parker shoots McNeese to title game
McNeese will play for an island title Monday, Sincere Parker made sure of it. Parker, a transfer from ...
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Jim Gazzolo
Gazzolo column: Embarrassing night for all
It was a game that ended (but didn’t), a winning season that was (then wasn’t), and a year ...
life
Cruising down the Nile: River serves as a gateway to Egypt’s ancient wonders
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series on Mary Richardson’s visit to Egypt. By Mary ...
Local News
Local woman on mission to find owner of lost Marine ring
A local woman is on a mission to reunite a lost Marine Corps ring with its owner. American ...
McNeese Sports
Cowboy season ends in chaos
If this is the end of the Gary Goff era, what better way for it to go out ...
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Teacher of Week
Amy Willard: I do a back handspring for the class if they all get an A on a test
Amy Willard, 35, started as a paralegal. Now, she teaches 4th and 5th graders at St. Margaret’s Catholic ...
Opinion
Scooter Hobbs column: Players make obligatory gesture
Don’t everybody rush the podium at once here, but you had to see this coming, right? It was ...
Sports
Only best await hungry Bulldogs, open playoffs against defending state champion
The road to the state finals will be a difficult one for No. 3 Jennings. Its side of ...
Sports
Higher stakes, fewer mistakes, Westlake, Kinder know they’ll have to improve to advance
Neither Kinder nor Westlake liked the way they ended the regular season. Kinder won a close mistake-prone game ...
life
LC dancer back home for ‘The Nutcracker’ performance
This year, the Lake Area Ballet Theatre celebrates a decade of sugar plum fairies dancing across the stage, ...
Sports
Garrard defends 100 butterfly state title
SULPHUR — Westlake’s Talen Garrard successfully defended his Division III 100-yard butterfly title at the Louisiana High School ...
Crime
Jennings man convicted in fatal shooting outside convenience store
A Jennings man who fatally shot another man during an altercation outside a local convenience store will be ...
Sports
Lake Arthur’s Slade Legros, Bell City’s Grant Granger make history at state swim meet
SULPHUR — Last year Westlake’s Talen Garrard made history. This year it was Bell City’s Grant Granger and ...
Local News
Louisiana schools show continuous post-pandemic growth
Louisiana’s performance score and national rankings continue to rise. This year, Louisiana earned a record-breaking national placement, moving ...
Jim Gazzolo
Gazzolo column: A finale with some intrigue
Gary Goff doesn’t believe he is coaching for his job Saturday night. Others may not be so sure. ...
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McNeese Sports
Cowboys go island hooping
The Cowboys will spend their pre-Thanksgiving weekend doing a little island hooping against some pretty solid competition. Coming ...
Local News
State Treasurer Fleming advocates abolishing personal income taxes
State Treasurer John Fleming wants to abolish personal income taxes to attract more businesses and industries to Louisiana. ...
Local News
Roadwork: Extended closures announced
Beginning at 7 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, both lanes of Creole Street — between Louie and Penn ...
life
Mayor announces Arts Award recipients
Special to the American Press The city of Lake Charles and the Arts & Humanities Council of SWLA ...
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Calcasieu zoning board denies solar farm application
Hundreds of neighbors from the Moss Bluff, Birdnest and Topsy area attended the Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning ...
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Maplewood, Citgo celebrate 80-year partnership
The Maplewood community and Citgo Lake Charles Refinery celebrated Maplewood Elementary and Middle Schools’ 80th birthday this week with ...
Crime
Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after drowning two sons
A parole board decided Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison 30 years after she killed her sons by ...
Local News
Westlake mayor discusses I-10 bridge plans with City Council
There’s been plenty of talk. Now, in Westlake, there’s finally something to report about the progress of the ...
McNeese Sports
Miles of road traveled
Not every college football player’s path is a smooth one. Some find their road rocky, filled with potholes ...
life
Coushatta Tribe celebrating the past while looking ahead to future
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is celebrating its past with a vision for the future. On Tuesday, tribal ...