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VIDEO: Ben Carson credits success in life to mother’s prayers
Ben Carson was this year’s National Day of Prayer speaker at the Lake Charles Events Center on Thursday.
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Ground broken for new city park on Anita Drive
By this fall, District C should have a new park nestled in a residential neighborhood. The city of ...
State News
Cassidy calls out Biden Administrations for playing fast, loose with law on offshore energy leasing
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today held the Biden administration’s feet to the fire for their failure to adequately ...
McNeese Sports
Cowgirls add two inside players
After spending the first part of his offseason recruiting and working on getting more athletic with guards, Lynn ...
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John Bradford doesn’t just grow daylilies, he makes new varieties of them
The Day the Earth Stood Still. Vampire Romance. Witches Stitches. Lipstick Lips. These are just a few of ...
Local News
Grants available to those who provide summer programs for low-income youth
United Way of Southwest Louisiana is allocating funds to organizations providing summer programs for low-income youth in Allen, ...
State News
Advocates say Supreme Court must preserve new, mostly Black US House district for 2024 elections
Voting rights advocates said Wednesday they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new ...
weather
WEATHER WATCH: Increased risk of flash flooding, severe thunderstorms tomorrow
There is an increased risk of flash flooding and severe thunderstorms Thursday. A Flash Flood Watch has been ...
Crime
Possession of stolen firearms lands LC man in prison
Fifty-year-old Daryl Beloney Sr. of Lake Charles was sentenced Wednesday by United States District Judge James D. Cain ...
Crime
5/1: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Percy Cuba III, 45, 112 Franklin St. — aggravated ...
Politics
Cassidy blasts President Biden over FAFSA rollout delay
The rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has been delayed, which could negatively impact ...
National News
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule ...
Local News
Bill to regulate tolls on new Calcasieu River Bridge advances
By Steve Wilson | The Center Square A measure that would place restrictions on what Louisiana could do ...
National News
Democrats say they will save Speaker Johnson’s job if Republicans try to oust him
House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers ...
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Jim Beam column:PAR, CABL have right solutions
The Louisiana House has managed to steamroll a number of questionable bills through the lower chamber and send ...
Informer
The Informer: New ‘select’ school definition includes charter, magnet schools
Please explain what “non-select” division means in LHSAA athletics. The Louisiana High School Athletic Association convened a special ...
Local News
Superintendent apologizes to bus drivers, board institutes delayed start policy for severe weather days
The Calcasieu Parish School Board has voted to institute a delayed start policy for severe weather days. CPSB ...
State News
US judges have rejected a map that would have given Louisiana a new majority-Black House district
A new congressional district map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel ...
Local News
US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a ...
McNeese Sports
Texas trip opens in Houston
Looking to ride momentum from a wild series win over Southeastern last weekend, the Cowboys begin a big ...
Local News
Louisiana Senate Republicans against Biden’s ‘reckless changes’ to Title IX
Special to the American Press The Louisiana Senate Republican Delegation has released the following statement on the Title ...
Local News
BREAKING: Police Juror Tramonte dies unexpectedly at 54
Tony Tramonte, 54, the Calcasieu Parish Police Juror for District 15, died unexpectedly on Monday. Elected in 2020, ...
Crime
4/30: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Jason Lamar Young III, 23, Lafayette — illegal possession ...
National News
Judge finds Trump violated gag order in hush money trial 9 times, fines him $9K
Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed Tuesday with Judge Juan M. Merchan first ruling on prosecutors’ prior request to hold ...