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Photo Gallery: Dino & Dragon Stroll
The Dino & Dragon Stroll stopped in Lake Charles over the weekend, giving local families the chance to ...
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Hurricane Recovery
Input sought in Tuten Park makeover
By Ranna Hebert A sanctuary for man and animal alike, Tuten Park once featured nature trails, picnic areas, ...
Hurricane Audrey Anniversary
Survival in words: Eunice Gauthier’s letter
Today is the 65th anniversary of the monstrous Hurricane Audrey making landfall in Southwest Louisiana. The coastal hurricane ...
Weather Watch
Small chance for tropical development next week
The National Hurricane Center has given the northwestern Gulf of Mexico a low 20 percent chance for tropical ...
crime
BREAKING: Fatal shooting at convenience store
A fist fight in a local convenience store parking lot Friday night escalated into a fatal shooting of ...
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Jim Gazzolo column: Southland on solid footing
Ten months ago Heath Schroyer stood between a rock and a hard place. Trapped with the decision of ...
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25-year-old killed after rear-ending logging truck
A Mittie man died early Friday after rear ending a logging truck just west of La. 26 and ...
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Spots still available for CPSB summer camps
By Emily Burleigh The Calcasieu Parish School Board still has availability at two of their four summer camps: ...
college basketball
Transfer Mullins joins Cowgirls
When last season ended, Lynn Kennedy and his staff wanted to get bigger and add depth to the ...
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LC trooper placed on leave following off-duty DWI arrest
An off-duty Lake Charles State Police trooper was arrested Thursday in Atlanta for DWI following a traffic stop. ...
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Louisiana one of nine states with ‘trigger law’ that outlaws abortion
Abortion is no longer legally available in Louisiana. The Supreme Court ended the nation’s constitutional protection on Friday ...
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Scooter Hobbs column: Golf comes naturally to Williams
NATCHITOCHES — If you’re trying to remain fairly incognito while making six NFL Pro Bowl appearances, then being ...
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Governor: Being pro-life means more than just being against abortion
Gov. John Bel Edwards today issued a statement about the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling by ...
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Higgins: Supreme Court ruling a major victory for life
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its ruling ...
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Biden calls abortion ruling ‘a sad day’ for country
President Joe Biden said Friday that “it’s a sad day for the court and the country” after the ...
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college football
BREAKING: Incarnate Word will stay in Southland Conference
By Jim Gazzolo Seven months after announcing its intent on exiting the Southland Conference Incarnate Word has had ...
louisiana sports hall of fame
Life lessons in baseball, more than a game to Robichaux
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ninth in a series about 10 inductees to be enshrined in the Louisiana Sports Hall of ...
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Johnson: No real ‘constitutional right’ to abortion ever existed
United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. ...
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Louisiana Family Forum ‘grateful Court has finally righted wrong’
Today, after 50 years and the loss of 60-plus million unborn children, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally ...
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Landry: Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood ‘wrongly decided’
In the decades since Roe v. Wade, nearly 60 million innocent lives were lost to abortion; today, the ...
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Cassidy: Decision ‘recognizes that an unborn child has a right to life’
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, released a statement following the United States Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Dobbs v. ...
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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a ...
high school basketball
Gators 2.0: Wilson, LeBlanc lead new generation of contenders
After watching the Gators win a state basketball title as freshmen and helping the Gators earn a district ...
Crime
Leesville man arrested for keeping fiancée chained in bedroom
A Leesville man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly keeping his fiancée chained up inside their bedroom and physically ...
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LC Memorial Hospital’s youngest patients get a little ‘dino therapy’
By Sudan Britton Nothing is better than some “dino therapy” at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. The Dino & ...