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The Southwest Louisiana Task Force for
Growth and Opportunity, or GO Group, met today to discuss planning for the anticipated industrial projects in the region and the need for increased housing, public safety, transportation and workforce development. The group formed after Sasol announced las ...
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
Judge Robert Wyatt on Tuesday denied a bond request in the Felix Vail murder case. Vail, who has not been indicted, will be continued to be held without bail. Vail, 73, is accused of killing his wife Mary Horton Vail on Oct. 28, 1962. He claimed she drowned in the Calcasieu River while they were r ...
By John Guidroz / American Press
Calcasieu Parish engineering officials want the state Department of Transportation and Development to consider giving priority to 30 parish railroad crossings for a highway safety program that uses federal money to install signal devices. Police jurors on Thursday will consider sending a letter t ...
By Doris Maricle / American Press
JENNINGS — Funding for planning and construction of a new Jeff Davis Parish Jail is pending the governor’s signature. The Louisiana Legislature included $10 million in the state’s capital outlay budget for the proposed jail at the close of the recent session. The plan includes $ ...
By Natalie Stewart / American Press
The Brimstone Museum accepted a new addition Monday morning, installing a 900-square-foot building that museum officials believe was once part of the sulfur mines. Thom Trahan, museum executive director, said the building, which was situated on U.S. 90, was scheduled to be demolished but owner A& ...
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
A man wanted for raping and murdering his 26-year-old neighbor in Lake Charles in 2008 was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on Monday. Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara, 25, is accused of breaking into the home of Wanda Barton, 26, on Feb. 19, 2008, and raping and stabbing her to ...
By Eric Cormier / American Press
Pinnacle Entertainment will attempt to sell the casino resort — currently being built by Ameristar Casino’s in Lake Charles — within a three-month period according to the company’s top executive. Anthony Sanfillippo, Pinnacle’s CEO, told the American Press Monday that ...
By Lance Traweek / American Press
As the new nursing facility goes up at Sowela Technical Community College, a career path for soon-to-be nurses has already won an award for being cutting edge. And it will most likely be put in place at the college, a school official said. The curriculum is for the Associate of Science in Nursing ...
By Doris Maricle / American Press
JENNINGS — Plans to relocate City Hall and renovate other city departments could be underway by August if bids are successful. The council will receive bids for the first phase of the $6 million project at 4 p.m. June 25. The first phase of the project calls for renovating the former Allwest ...
By Natalie Stewart / American Press
The Sulphur Sunrise Rotary Club will host its Armchair Olympics at 9 a.m. June 29 at the West Cal Arena. “The Armchair Olympics is something that even someone that just hangs out in their armchair all day long and doesn’t do sports can do,” said Terri O’Hara, past club pres ...
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
Local private attorneys will no longer be assigned indigent defense cases to be worked for free, an official said. Because of a cash shortage at the Calcasieu Parish Public Defenders Office, private attorneys were assigned cases to be worked pro bono. Jay Dixon, head of the PDO, said that because ...
By Eric Cormier / American Press
In a little more than a week, Lake Charles Memorial Health System will take over the reins of providing health services to people who now visit Moss Regional Medical Center. The change is part of Louisiana’s health care privatization initiative. LSU Health said Friday that starting June 14 ...
Lance Traweek // American Press ltraweek@americanpress.com
The state Education Department wants to improve the routes to a high school diploma and set up students for success — in furthering their educations and in finding good jobs close to home, said state Superintendent of Education John White.Students now have the option of three diplomas, he said ...
By Lance Traweek / American Press
Mary Thomas of Lake Charles said she feels “blessed and grateful” to have a home of her own and gives thanks to a local nonprofit for making her dream a reality. “When I wanted to give up, the people at Project Build a Future lifted me up and helped me through the process,&rdqu ...
By Lance Traweek / American Press
The state Education Department wants to improve the routes to a high school diploma and set up students for success — in furthering their educations and in finding good jobs close to home, said state Superintendent of Education John White. Students now have the option of three diplomas, ...
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
A grand jury in 14th Judicial District Court on Thursday indicted a man on charges of raping and molesting a family member under the age of 13. Karl Edgar Yancy, 27, 1315 8th Street was indicted on three counts of aggravated rape and three counts of aggravated incest. Judge Wilford Carter set Yan ...
The Southwest Louisiana Task Force for
Growth and Opportunity, or GO Group, met today to discuss planning for the anticipated industrial projects i ...NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a ...
The Lake Charles Police Department is seeking the public’s help in searching for an 84-year-old man who has been missing since Monday morning.
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Judge Robert Wyatt on Tuesday denied a bond request in the Felix Vail murder case.
Vail, who has not been indicted, will be continued to be held with ...
OMAHA, Neb. — Mason Katz, leading
hopefully off first base, slumped to his knees when the third strike got past teammate Christian Ibarra. I ...
While we’re at it, another thing that’s wrong with this shiny, new TD Ameritrade Park — the screen behind home plate.
It’s a ...
OMAHA, Neb. — UCLA may have under-estimated their intended pigeon.
One of the reasons the Bruins tried the age-old hidden ball trick in th ...
OMAHA, Neb. — For much of the regular season, this was the game — LSU vs. North Carolina — that was begging to be played.
Even ...
The Scotch Egg at MacFarlane’s Celtic Pub sounds like something straight out of a Cajun cookbook — a boiled egg wrapped with
sausage, the ...
Musician and storyteller Mike Anderson — known for playing a variety of instruments — will perform at 10 a.m. in the DeQuincy
Library, 2: ...
Thirty-five large-format photos taken
during Elvis Presley’s appearances on CBS’ “The Ed Sullivan Show” are on display at La ...
Juneteenth commemorates the day on which slaves in Texas received word of the Emancipation Proclamation — June 19, 1865, or
nearly three years ...
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