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Jim Gazzolo column: Learning to keep them home

It wasn’t that long ago when athletes seemed to be fleeing Lake Charles rather than racing toward it ...

McNeese Sports

Wade’s Cowboys will play Bulldogs next season

Coming off their record-setting season, the Cowboys were looking to upgrade their non-conference schedule. It has not been ...

Crime

UPDATE: Man on the lam found hiding in doghouse

Welsh man who allegedly threatened to shoot his mother and fled from police was found hiding in a ...

Local News

Kennedy announces $14.7 million in Hurricanes Laura, Ida aid

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $14,730,190 in Federal Emergency ...

Business

Entergy asks Public Service Commission to approve rate hike for its customers

The Public Service Commission (PSC) will vote on Entergy’s proposal of a $1.9 billion plan for grid hardening ...

Crime

Manhunt underway for man who threatened mother with gun

The Welsh Police Department is searching for a local man who threatened his mother with a gun Thursday ...

Scene

Tonight: Westlake High Theatre presents ‘Phantom of the Opera’

About this time last year, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” presented its 13,981st and final show ...

Sports

Apr. 17 Southwest La. prep softball regional scores, quarterfinal schedule

Wednesday Softball Regional playoffs Nonselect Division IV #1 Logansport 15 #16 Lake Arthur 0, 4 inns. LAHS 000 ...

Local News

BREAKING: McNeese presidential search down to two

Two finalists have been selected for the search for McNeese State University’s new president: Andy Benoit Jr. and ...

Crime

4/17: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Michael Joseph Leger, 47, 1714 Legion St. — unauthorized ...

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UPDATE: O’Banion ready to listen to parents, teachers, bus drivers concerns — ‘in no way is this issue over’

Following the Calcasieu Parish school district’s decision not to close school despite warnings of severe weather last week, ...

Business

Higgins, Scalise urge approval of Venture Global Calcasieu Pass II LNG project

U.S. Congressman Clay Higgins and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, both Louisiana Republicans, have sent a letter to ...

Sports

PREP BASEBALL: Three area teams draw No. 1 seed

A trio of No. 1 seeds will lead Southwest Louisiana high school baseball teams into the state playoffs. ...

Local News

Jennings City Council OKs liquor permit week after initial request

The Jennings City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a local beer and liquor permit for Hebert’s Boudin and ...

Sports

Apr. 16 Southwest La. prep softball scores and stats

Softball Regional round Nonselect Division I #6 Sam Houston 10 #22 Neville 0, 5 inns. NHS 000 00 ...

Local News

Suicide prevention training becomes issue in teacher legislation

The chief executive officer of Peer Initiative, a teen suicide prevention nonprofit, has expressed opposition to legislation removing ...

Informer

The Informer: Unanimous decision not required by grand jury to indict

How many jurors are on the grand jury, and must the vote be unanimous to return a true ...

Local News

Jim Beam column: Vehicle inspection bill alive

The future of Louisiana vehicle inspections is still up in the air. The author of a third attempt ...

Politics

Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson’s plan for US aid to Ukraine, allies uncertain

Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package ...

McNeese Sports

Barthelemy, Cowboys end skid

Needing a lift, the Cowboys got big one from Brock Barthelemy. The senior right-hander came in throwing strikes ...