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Louisiana school districts wonder about future of federal funding

By Grace Thompson and Gracelyn Farrar | LSU Manship School News Service With President Donald Trump slashing the federal ...

Scene

Iowa Festival returns to Burton Coliseum tonight

The Iowa Rabbit Festival returns to Southwest Louisiana this weekend with carnival rides and games, pageants, live music ...

Sports

Alexander hits two HRs, Iowa beat Westlake in extra innings

WESTLAKE – Lucas Alexander swung a big stick Wednesday evening to lead Iowa to an 8-5 extra-inning win ...

Business

Eleven arrested in ICE raid at the Port of Lake Charles

Eleven illegal immigrants were arrested last week at the Port of Lake Charles in what the U.S. Immigration ...

McNeese Sports

A final ride?

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As reports circulate that Will Wade is all but gone to North Carolina State, the ...

Local News

Heavily damaged Purple Heart Recreation Center to be rebuilt in new location

Nearly five years after Hurricanes Laura and Delta devastated Southwest Louisiana, the heavily damaged Purple Heart Recreation Center ...

life

PHOTO GALLERY: Special Services Carnival

Students ride a chair swing at the Calcasieu Parish School Board Special Services Carnival on Wednesday. Students were ...

Opinion

Scooter Hobbs column: Cowboys carry flag for state

The McNeese State basketball team is headed to Providence, Rhode Island, best known for being the county seat ...

Sports

PHOTO GALLERY: Broncos use long-ball to win District 3-5A game

The Sam Houston Bronco softball team hit four home runs Tuesday in a 17-4 win over Barbe at ...

Jim Gazzolo

Jim Gazzolo column: Wade focused on present

As the college basketball world swirls around him, Will Wade stays focused on the job at hand, not ...

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McNeese Sports

Poke Notes: Khan in demand

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Will Wade’s future is a hot topic this week.  There are also many McNeese players, ...

Local News

Westlake City Council takes aim at ‘junk’ on residential properties

Next month the Westlake City Council will vote on an ordinance to reduce “junk” on residential properties in ...

Local News

PHOTO GALLERY: Rosewood Nursing Home surprise party

Rosewood Nursing Home administrator Nomica Guillory was surprised with a party Tuesday afternoon after she was nominated by ...

National News

Trump administration makes public thousands of files related to JFK assassination

Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening. About 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000 ...

National News

Pollen forecast to reach levels higher than the historical average

Special to the American Press AccuWeather expert meteorologists are urging people living with seasonal allergies to prepare for ...

Local News

Jim Beam column:Social Security is Musk target

Elon Musk, who heads Republican President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, said Social Security is ...

State News

Louisiana puts man to death in state’s first nitrogen gas execution

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first ...

Sports

Tigers tune up for Texas with run-rule win over UNO

TUESDAY’S GAME: LSU 11, UNO 1 (7 innings) Ethan Frey’s second home run of the game brought the ...

Sports

Broncos hit four home runs to beat Bucs

MOSS BLUFF – The Sam Houston High School softball team erased an early deficit with big hits Tuesday ...

World News

Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the ...