Crime
Fourth of July shooting leads to one fatality
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a Fourth of July shooting that left one dead. Spokesperson Kayla Vincent ...
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Sports
American Press Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Baumgarten eager to lend helping hand
A desire to help others was the force for recent South Beauregard graduate Jolie Baumgarten. And it’s that ...
Sports
American Press Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Need to know why drives VanMetre
A basic understanding of the world around him isn’t enough for Paxton VanMetre. His pursuit of knowledge — ...
National News
Swimming with Sharks: Behind the (underwater) lens
Patience is a crucial virtue for a cinematographer — in particular for underwater cameraman Dan Beecham. Beecham was ...
weather
UPDATE: Multiple deaths, several children among missing in Texas floods
Months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, killing at least ...
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Local News
UPDATE: Six officers on administrative leave following shooting
Six Lake Charles Police officers have been placed on administrative leave following an officer-involved shooting near the intersection ...
Politics
House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill, sends it to him to sign
House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s big trillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday in Congress, ...
Local News
State Police take over LCPD officer-involved shooting case
Louisiana State Police detectives are investigating a Lake Charles Police officer-involved shooting. Trooper Matt Gaspard said detectives with ...
National News
Trump touts falling gas prices for holiday weekend
By Morgan Sweeney | The Center Square Gas prices are the lowest they’ve been in four years coming into ...
Saints
Red, White, Blue & You offers patriotic, family fun
Red, White, Blue & You will be an all-day festival and fireworks extravaganza. On Friday the festival will ...
Local News
Body discovered in English Bayou
A body was recovered early Wednesday evening from English Bayou. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kayla Vincent said ...
Local News
PHOTO GALLERY: Local World War II veteran laid to rest
U.S. Marine Harry LeBert, who was killed in World War II during the Battle of Saipan, was buried ...
Crime
7/2: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Moree Kristene Carsten, 22, 2324 Fasske St., Sulphur — ...
Crime
UPDATE: Second murder suspect turns self in
Two men wanted in the death of a man whose body was found late Sunday night on the ...
Crime
Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murder in stabbings of 4 Idaho students to avoid death penalty
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday in the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022 ...
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Crime
UPDATE: One of two murder suspects caught in Beaumont
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has issued warrants for two Lake Charles men accused of second-degree murder. Sheriff ...
Local News
Audit finds Louisiana stadium commission received less hotel tax revenue in 2024
By Steve Wilson | The Center Square According to a state audit, hotel tax revenues that support some ...
Crime
Diddy convicted of prostitution offenses, not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering
Sean “Diddy” Combs dropped to his knees and prayed in the courtroom after he was acquitted Wednesday of sex ...
State News
Gulf Coast Amtrak route to start on Aug. 18, cost $15 per trip
By Steve Wilson | The Center Square Amtrak announced on Tuesday it will start new, twice-daily service connecting ...
Crime
BREAKING: Body of man found on side of road riddled with gunshot wounds
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has issued warrants for two Lake Charles men accused of second-degree murder. Sheriff ...
Local News
Jim Beam column:Kennedy asks, ‘Where is Putin?’
When Louisiana’s Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy joined Congress in 2017, the Huffington Post in 2018 called him ...
Crime
Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial, judge indicates they’ll keep deliberating
The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial said Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on four of ...
weather
Hot and humid conditions expected through Fourth of July holiday
Hot and humid conditions are expected to continue through the holiday weekend as the National Hurricane Center keeps ...
Crime
7/1: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Kody Blane Mudd, 30, 537 E. Carlton St., Sulphur ...
Local News
Mayor Simien: ‘We are going to make this city work like it has never worked before’
Monday marked the creation of “One Lake Charles” as Mayor Marshall J. Simien Jr. was sworn into office ...