Local News
Jim Beam column:State auto insurance sky high
The Louisiana Legislature is supposed to tackle the high cost of auto insurance when it meets in regular…
Local News
Jim Beam column:Legislators set record in 2024
If Louisiana citizens are lucky, members of their Legislature will spend much less time in Baton Rouge in…
Local News
Jim Beam column: 94,000 getting Social Security
Louisiana citizens continue to get both good and bad news, but most of the recent news has been…
Local News
Jim Beam column:Prophets told us He was coming
Americans love prophecies, which are defined as “the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.” Today we…
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Jim Beam column:Time change becomes hot topic
Republican President-elect Donald Trump wants to end daylight saving time and that has revived what has been a…
life
Carols under the Oak: Lake Charles Symphony unites with Imperial Calcasieu Museum
There is an opportunity Thursday enjoy orchestral holiday music surrounded by candles under the Sallier Oak. At 6…
Local News
Health officials say Louisiana patient is first severe bird flu case in US
A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the…
Local News
Jim Beam column: Is insurance our No. 1 problem?
Gov. Jeff Landry and the Republican-dominated state Legislature have taken the first steps to do away with state…
Crime
Sentence stands for man who crashed into 18-wheeler while impaired, killing 3-year-old
The 25-year sentence for a Lake Charles man convicted of vehicular homicide and two counts of first-degree vehicular…
Local News
Jim Beam column:Bad drivers, texts are problem
Two problems have been bugging me for quite some time. First is the almost total absence of traffic…