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2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now underway

It’s time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastlines to make sure their storm plans are in place ...

Business

Downtown Jennings undergoes revitalization

Downtown Jennings will soon see significant sidewalk, landscaping and lighting upgrades as part of a Main Street streetscape ...

Sports

Missed projection: Defending champions get bogged down in mediocrity

Winning raises exceptions and changes perspectives. Over recent years the McNeese State baseball team has done its share ...

Local News

Teacher Lauren ‘Paige’ Lirette looks for the positive in each day 

Teaching fell into the lap of Lauren “Paige” Lirette, 28, “in the most wonderful way possible” in 2017. ...

Local News

BREAKING: LC man convicted of killing two in intentional house fire

A Lake Charles man who set fire to a mobile home with people trapped inside has been convicted ...

Local News

Teen Read-A-Thon planned at Moss Bluff Library

Celebrate the end of school with a fun Read-a-Thon at the Moss Bluff Library Teens can enjoy a ...

Local News

5/31: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Samantha Ann Nourse, 58, 125 Decker St. — simple ...

Local News

NOAA continues to monitor system in northeastern Gulf of Mexico

The National Hurricane Center is continuing to monitor a weak low-pressure are in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. ...

Local News

PHOTO GALLERY: Welsh Farmers Market

The weekly Welsh Farmer’s Market, which is held  2-6 p.m. Tuesdays, features home grown vegetables, canned goods and ...

Local News

Police Jury and city announce summer food service kickoff

The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Human Services Department and city of Lake Charles will begin the annual Summer ...

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Sports

Always there: Touchets ride to state championships with late grandfather in mind

SULPHUR — If ever there was a time for siblings Lane and Lydia Touchet to hang up their ...

life

The Informer: Different roles, responsibilities for police juries, city councils

How do the roles of the police jury and city council differ? Thirty-eight of Louisiana’s 64 parishes operate ...

Local News

Jim Beam column: Protect records of juveniles

A retired New Orleans juvenile judge had a fitting description for a proposed Louisiana law making criminal records ...

State News

Audit finds money handling, internal control issues with Louisiana state museums

By Victor Skinner | The Center Square Money handling and internal control issues persist at the Office of ...

State News

NOAA: Low chance of tropical cyclone development in Gulf

There is a 20 percent chance of tropical cyclone development over the next seven days in the Gulf ...

Local News

Cassidy: FEMA approves $20M in aid for Calcasieu School Board

Nearly $21 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency hurricane recovery aid has been approved for the Calcasieu Parish ...

Crime

Sulphur man charged in rape of child under 10

A Sulphur man was arrested over the weekend in the rape of a girl under the age of ...

National News

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday. Carter, now 95, remains at home with ...

Crime

5/30: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list

The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury reported the following arrests: Joseph Bernard Peeples Sr., 61, 8511 Gulf Highway No. ...

Crime

Shots ring out during annual Down Home Reunion festival

Police are looking for a 15-year-old male juvenile charged with attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of a ...