Local News
3/15: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Timothy Wayne Gamble, 47, homeless — obstruction public passage;…
Local News
Man accused of attacking girlfriend in truck stop parking lot
An Opelousas man was charged Sunday with domestic abuse battery with child endangerment stemming from an alleged assault…
Crime
Second man sentenced in attack on newspaper carrier
The second man convicted in the December 2021 attack of an American Press newspaper carrier was sentenced on…
State News
Former New Orleans police officer sentenced for sexually assaulting 15-year-old
A former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department has been sentenced in federal court to 14…
National News
Biden issues order to strengthen gun background checks
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming at increasing background checks to buy guns, promoting…
Crime
Johnson bill would reauthorize illicit fentanyl’s classification as a deadly substance
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson has reintroduced the CEASE Overdose Act to permanently classify illicit fentanyl as a Schedule…
Local News
3/14: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Michelle Nicole Gaines, 39, Prairieville — battery of a…
Local News
Sentence in 2018 kidnapping will stand, appeals court rules
The sentence for a Lake Charles man convicted in the 2018 kidnapping of a local woman has been…
Crime
3/13: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Zyna Nicol Higginbotham, 32, 132 N. Wayside Drive, Westlake…
Local News
Couple arrested in La. 31 years after newborn girl’s death
The parents of a baby killed in 1992 are in custody after newly developed DNA evidence led investigators…