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DEVELOPING: School bus drivers pack house at tonight’s Calcasieu School Board meeting
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McNeese Sports
Cowgirls go for milestone win
While this may not be the smoothest of seasons for the Cowgirls, it is right on target ...
Crime
UPDATE: Bond $1.3M for Jennings High gunman
Bond has been set at $1.3 million for a man who entered Jennings High School early Monday through ...
Crime
Conviction, life sentence stands for man who killed then burned body in DeQuincy
The conviction of a Lake Charles man sentenced to life in prison for killing his friend and then ...
Crime
BREAKING: Armed gunman who threatened school employees caught
An armed intruder who broke into Jennings High School early Monday and threatened employees with a gun, forcing ...
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UPDATE: Jennings High ball game moved as search for gunman continues
Jennings High School will be moving its baseball game against Lake Arthur High School to the city of ...
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BREAKING: Search continues for armed suspect who threatened Jennings High employees
A heavy police presence continues near a wooded area east of Jennings High School and Interstate 10 as ...
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City of Lake Charles unveils Nellie Lutcher mural
Special to the American Press As part of the inaugural Nellie Lutcher Festival, the city of Lake Charles ...
State News
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Black Lives Matter activist over La. protest lawsuit
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to go forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who led a protest in ...
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Early voting continues through April 20 for upcoming election
Secretary of State Nancy Landry reminds voters that early voting for the April 27 Municipal General Election will ...
McNeese Sports
Cards sweep McNeese
A long weekend ended in sweeping disappointment for the Cowboys Sunday afternoon. Incarnate Word took advantage of 10 ...
McNeese Sports
Guillory transferring to McNeese
Paris Guillory is coming home. The St. Louis High star who led the Saints to back-to-back State Championships ...
Local News
$30M bond proposition would fund upgrades, new construction at Ward 3 rec center
The Ward 3 Recreation District of Calcasieu Parish has a $30-million bond proposition on the Saturday, April 27, ...
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Sheriff’s Office prepared for possible flooding
Due to the open spillway gates at Toledo Bend Reservoir, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office is taking necessary ...
Business
Names in the News: People shaping the future of Lake Area business
CSE multiple Diamond Award winner LAS VEGAS – CSE Federal Credit Union was among 168 credit unions nationwide ...
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Sports
Southwest La. prep softball regional playoff pairings
Softball Local regional playoff pairings Nonselect Division I No. 22 Neville at No. 6 Sam Houston, 5 p.m. ...
Sports
Apr. 13 Southwest La. prep baseball scores and stats
Saturday District 3-5A Barbe 10 Acadiana 3 ACA 000 102 0 — 3-5-1 BHS 000 433 x — 10-9-2 PITCHING: ...
McNeese Sports
UIW powers way to series win
It took a while Saturday for the bats to get going, but when they did it was Incarnate ...
Business
New EPA rules will affect area industries
Southwest Louisiana chemical plants are on the list of more than 200 plants in the U.S. that will ...
multimedia
VIDEO: Special Olympics Louisiana Southwest Area Spring Games
The 2024 Special Olympics Louisiana Southwest Area Spring Games were held at Cougar Stadium on Friday, April 12.
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PHOTOS: Barbe pulls off walk-off win over Sulphur
Down to their last out, Barbe’s Jordin Griffin scored on a single by Ja’darryian Washington to beat Sulphur ...
life
SW La. school lunch menus April 15-19
The following menus for April 15-19 for area schools have been submitted by supervisors of food services. Menus ...
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Legislature taking on religion-related issues
The Louisiana House has approved two religion-related measures by wide margins and sent them to the state Senate. ...
McNeese Sports
Cowboys get ‘proven winner’ at QB
Gary Goff hopes he found the guy to lead his offense. Clifton McDowell, who began the year playing ...
Local News
Jim Beam column:Landry’s power grab continues
The latest moves by some members of Louisiana’s supermajority Republican Legislature to increase GOP Gov. Jeff Landry’s power ...