Business
End of tax season signals retirement for local couple
By Ashlyn Little Best Tax Systems has closed its doors for the last time after 28 years in…
Local News
Jim Beam column:Vehicle inspections to continue
Louisiana Rep. Larry Bagley is like the Energizer battery “bunny that keeps on ticking.” The Republican from Stonewall…
Informer
The Informer: Radar station moniker was ‘mushroom on the horizon’
The Lake Charles Air Force Station — once located southeast of Lake Charles and across the street from…
Local News
Second Harvest Distribution Center opens
Second Harvest Food Bank is now even more equipped to battle food insecurity in Southwest Louisiana. The Southwest…
National News
7 people are dead after a truck and tour van collided near Yellowstone
A pickup truck and a tour van collided on a highway leading to Yellowstone National Park, leaving seven…
Local News
Lake Charles mayoral race will be decided Saturday
The Lake Charles mayoral race will be decided in Saturday’s runoff between incumbent Nic Hunter, a Republican, and…
Local News
American Press wins 11 LPA awards
The American Press won 11 news awards — including six first-place honors — during Thursday’s Louisiana Press Association’s…
Crime
UPDATE: Breaux gets life sentence in 1988 cold case rape
An Air Force veteran convicted of aggravated rape last month in a 1988 cold case was sentenced Friday…
Crime
Impaired driver in fatal collision gets five-year prison sentence
An impaired driver convicted in a head-on collision that killed a Jennings woman has been sentenced to five…
Local News
Carbon capture projects in Allen Parish moving forward despite opposition voiced at meeting
Two controversial proposed carbon capture and sequestration projects in Allen Parish are moving forward with the necessary regulatory…