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City Council approves $3.1M for drainage projects

The City Council on Wednesday approved spending more than $3.1 million on drainage improvements throughout the city, including using closed-circuit TV to inspect and clean ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Thursday, February 17, 2022 10:18 am

Weather Watch

Cold front to hit area overnight Wednesday

A strong disturbance and cold front is expected to impact eastern Texas and Southwest Louisiana, starting late Wednesday into Thursday. Officials with the National Weather ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 8:39 pm

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Calcasieu litter manager: Creation of statewide task force great news

The launch of a statewide anti-litter task force is showing how serious officials are in tackling the ongoing problem, Wyvette Pryor-Cousin, Calcasieu Parish litter manager, ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 7:43 pm

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Lake Area Adventures invests in lakefront

Lake Charles officials on Friday unveiled the new Lake Area Adventures lakefront project on the edge of North Beach, just off Interstate 10. The development ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Friday, February 11, 2022 1:25 pm

education

CPSB: Schools won’t be fully recovered from storms for years

Getting every Calcasieu Parish public school fully recovered from Hurricanes Laura and Delta will likely take three to four years, but School Board officials said ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Friday, February 11, 2022 4:28 am

crime

Update: Man injured in upper arm during officer-involved shooting

State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Wednesday morning during an altercation between Lake Charles Police and a local man who was later ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 5:05 pm

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Locals remember the late Judge Painter

Local officials remembered former Judge David Painter as a gentleman who was honest, yet always fair. Painter, 84, died Feb. 4 at a local hospital ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 8:29 am

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$22M in water grants headed to SW La.

The Louisiana Water Sector Commission has awarded just over $22.5 million in grants for eight water and wastewater improvement projects in Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Tuesday, February 8, 2022 4:06 am

Meet Your Neighbor

Mary Talbert: Weathering the storms and building up a business

When Mary Talbert opened Talbert’s Medical Billing at her home in 1992, she had a chair, a desk, a home phone and a fax machine. ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Monday, February 7, 2022 2:37 pm

Meet Your Neighbor

DJ TySki: You can be having a bad day and music can turn it around

Tyler Greymountain said he fell in love with the world of DJing in the late 1990s. His passion for using turntables and making mixtapes took ... Read more

by John Guidroz, Friday, February 4, 2022 2:42 pm

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