Crime
Police investigating early morning fatal shooting outside local bar
Lake Charles Police are investigating an early morning fatal shooting that occurred across the street from the McNeese ... Read more
Author: Crystal Stevenson | American Press
Informer
The Informer: Power-hungry group creates their own energy source
During the mid-1980s, the unpredictability of electric power rates led two refiners and a chemical producer to consider ... Read more
Local News
DNA Doe Project helping crack cold cases of unidentified John and Jane Does
More than 50,000 bodies remain unidentified — unmourned, unnamed, but not forgotten — across the country. Jennifer Randolph ... Read more
Business
HUNT Tech: SW La. startup catches the eye of the governor
Southwest Louisiana startup HUNT Tech, the makers of scent- and DEET-free insect repellent sprays and lotions, is making ... Read more
Crime
7/31: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Derrick Shawn Hollins, 44, 204 Sharon Lane — domestic ... Read more
Scene
Art and soul: Museum keeps LC’s heart of history, art repeating
Ashley Royer, interim director of the Imperial Calcasieu Museum, puts the art in he(art). She thrives on the ... Read more
Crime
7/30: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Ashton Michael Miller, 35, 116 Morgan Road, Sulphur — ... Read more
Local News
7/29: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Benjamin Rivas Jr., 20, 1005 W. Verdine St., Sulphur ... Read more
Local News
Louisiana spotlight: Nungesser keeping state top of mind for those ready to explore
Traveling has been significantly increasing since the decline during the COVID-19 pandemic — and Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser ... Read more
Informer
The Informer: Record cold troubled Lake Charles for days in 1985
Record-shattering cold temperatures caused a critical water shortage, a brief power outage and dozens of frozen pipes in ... Read more