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…