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Second Harvest

Second Harvest mobilizes to support South Louisiana during extreme cold 

Special to the American Press Second Harvest Food Bank is responding to the recent wave of freezing temperatures sweeping across South Louisiana by collaborating with ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Monday, January 6, 2025 3:51 pm

Bird flu

SW La. resident — who was nation’s first severe bird flu case — has died

The Louisiana Department of Health has reported that the patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Monday, January 6, 2025 3:40 pm

Kory Blaine Willis

LC business owner sentenced for Clean Air Act violations

Special to the American Press A Lake Charles business owner was recently sentenced to 10 months of home confinement and ordered to pay a $1.55 ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Saturday, January 4, 2025 4:13 am

Mail theft

CPSO investigating mail thefts

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating several cases of stolen checks from residential mailboxes that were subsequently forged and cashed. “We are encouraging ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Friday, January 3, 2025 12:50 pm

Call to prayer

Landry joins former state rep in call to prayer

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, a Louisiana resident and former State Representative, have issued an urgent call to prayer. ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Friday, January 3, 2025 12:11 pm

Blood drives

Blood drives for New Orleans victims planned in Lake Charles

The city of Lake Charles is teaming up with Christus Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana and LifeShare Blood Center to host a series of blood drives ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Friday, January 3, 2025 4:02 am

bourbon street

New Orleans plans to reopen Bourbon Street as FBI seeks clues about truck attack that killed 15

New Orleans pressed ahead with plans to reopen the city’s famed Bourbon Street on Thursday as investigators kept digging into the background of the U.S. Army ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Thursday, January 2, 2025 10:36 am

Bourbon Street shooting

Kennedy on Bourbon Street attack: It’s “objective evil”

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, made the following statements surrounding the attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans today: “For those people who don’t believe ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Wednesday, January 1, 2025 5:26 pm

ten commandments

La. attorney general to issue guidance on Ten Commandments law

By Steve Wilson | The Center Square Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says her office will issue guidance on a law that would require the Ten ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Wednesday, January 1, 2025 5:00 am

community foundation

Just Imagine SWLA: A look back at 2024

By Sara Judson Community foundations help people be strategic in their charitable giving and may lead or facilitate civic projects.  Often, philanthropy and civic projects ... Read more

by American Press Staff, Tuesday, December 31, 2024 10:09 am

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