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BREAKING: Elton lays off entire police force — except for chief — due to budget problems
Due to significant budget concerns and financial difficulties, the town of Elton has found it necessary to lay ...
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Back-to-School Community Resource Fair set for Saturday
Families across Lake Charles are gearing up for the new school year. The annual Back-to-School Community Resource Fair ...
McNeese Sports
Cowboys finish hoops schedule
Finally, the Cowboys basketball schedule for the upcoming season is completed. A day after learning their Southland Conference ...
McNeese Sports
BREAKING: McNeese athletic director named to Landry’s NIL taskforce
Heath Schroyer has another big portion on his very crowded plate. Governor Jeff Landry’s office announced that the ...
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Teaching from experience
Bolfing learned from own QB battle Eleven years ago, Tyler Bolfing was fighting for the starting job as ...
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Crime
Driver in fatal hit-and-run hoping to get license back
A Lake Arthur man who fatally struck a cyclist and fled the scene is seeking to reinstate his ...
McNeese Sports
Hungry Huskies
SLC Preview Second in a series on season football previews Houston Christian Nickname: Huskies 2024: 5-7, 3-4 ...
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Cowboys open SLC early
The Cowboys’ quest for a historic third straight Southland Conference championship will begin early and a long way ...
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Allen Police Jury rescinds ordinance regulating carbon capture injection wells
Allen Parish police jurors rescinded an ordinance Monday regulating injection wells in the parish while tabling a separate ...
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Jim Beam column:Candidates love the president
After writing Saturday about a disturbing criminal justice story, I was happy to see a Sunday story that ...
Crime
Law enforcemcent leaders: Calcasieu Parish remains a safe place to live
Despite what is being called an “uptick” in crime around Calcasieu Parish this summer, local law enforcement leaders ...
McNeese Sports
Cowgirls learn SLC schedule
Guillory likely out of season McNeese State’s women’s basketball team will open its Southland Conference schedule at ...
Crime
VIDEO: Community still safe place to be despite ‘uptick’ in crime
Local law enforcement leaders admit “uptick” in crime during the month of July but say the community is still ...
McNeese Sports
ETAM looks to improve
SLC PREVIEW First in a series of Southland team previews East Texas A&M Nickname: Lions 2024: 3-9, ...
State News
25 states file legal brief defending Trump ban on youth sex change procedures
By Nolan McKendry | The Center Square On Monday, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined 24 other Republican attorneys ...
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Rollins extends sugary drinks ban to six more states — including Louisiana
By Andrew Rice | The Center Square U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved six waivers to exclude ...
Crime
UPDATE: 20-year-old man was victim in On The Rocks shooting
A 20-year-old Lake Charles man has been identified as the victim in Saturday morning’s fatal shooting outside a ...
Politics
House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice on Tuesday for files in the sex trafficking investigation into ...
McNeese Sports
Strong season expected
Back looks to make an impact Bryce Strong came to McNeese in January of 2024 expecting to make ...
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Iowa mayor reflects on past two years, looks forward to future
After nearly two years of navigating infrastructure challenges and public criticism, Iowa Mayor Neal Watkins aims to steer ...
Business
Economic Development Summit speakers offer optimism for La.
Louisiana is open for business. That was the message during the Greater Beauregard Chamber of Commerce- hosted Economic ...
McNeese Sports
Hail to the rematch?
For the second time in three years, the Cowboys look headed to Big Ten Country. McNeese State is ...
State News
New law mandates local law enforcement compliance with ICE detainers
By Nolan McKendry | The Center Square A new state law requiring Louisiana law enforcement agencies to comply with ...
Business
Commonwealth LNG awards EPC contract to Technip Energies
Commonwealth LNG announced Monday it has contracted Technip Energies to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for ...
McNeese Sports
Old school attitude
It won’t be the same-looking defense for the Cowboys. Gone is All-American linebacker Micah Davey, off to Texas-El ...