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Jeff Davis to keep warming shelter open until noon Friday
JENNINGS – The warming shelter set up at the Jeff Davis Parish fairgrounds’ multi-purpose building, 814 S. Lake ...
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Lake Arthur officials: Turn off dripping faucets
Lake Arthur is asking residents to turn off all dripping faucets as temperatures are now above freezing. Residents ...
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Potential offshore wind energy revenues rendered moot by Trump memorandum
By Nolan McKendry | The Center Square Louisiana might not see any revenue promised by a recently passed constitutional ...
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Warmer temperatures means remaining snow could be gone by tonight
Thursday morning temperatures are starting to climb — some 20 degrees warmer than those seen across parts of ...
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Brodeo: Special needs children to get their own day of rodeo fun
The Brodeo is returning next week. The third annual Brodeo is from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on ...
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Weather changes Cowgirls’ travel plans
The winter weather has forced a change in the Cowgirls’ schedule. Due to storm conditions and for travel ...
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Trump’s first full day back includes firings, infrastructure announcement
President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, ...
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Put a lid on it: LCCP uses defense to generate success
The Lake Charles College Prep boys basketball team is off to its best start in program history using ...
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Louisiana gaming revenues show mixed trends for December
By Nolan McKendry| The Center Square Louisiana’s gambling industry wrapped up December with mixed performance across its various ...
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Rare winter snow blankets SW La.
Southwest Louisiana spent Tuesday morning experiencing — likely for the first time ever — blizzard-like conditions with 35 ...
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Snowfall brings excitement to youngsters experiencing their first snow day
Seven-year-old Chase Gauthier of Jennings was among those across Southwest Louisiana experiencing snow for the first time on ...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Snow Day in Jennings
More than half a foot of snow fell across parts of the Jennings — which also experienced blizzard-like ...
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Public transportation to warming centers suspended, but centers remain open
Special to the American Press According to City Administrator John Cardone, all city of Lake Charles administrative offices ...
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Blizzard warning issued for Calcasieu, Cameron, Jeff Davis
A Blizzard Warning has been issued for Cameron, Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, Acadia, Lafayette and Vermilion parishes until noon ...
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Second warming center opens at MLK Community Center
The city of Lake Charles has opened an emergency warming station at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community ...
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McNeese shows who’s the boss
There’s definitely a new kid on the block now. McNeese welcomed back the old rulers of the Southland ...
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Say it ain’t sneaux! Temperatures expected to be below freezing up to 60 hours
Calcasieu Parish was warned to prepare for a “historic winter weather event” Monday at the Calcasieu Parish Executive ...
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Second Harvest responds to SW La. cold emergency
Special to the American Press Second Harvest Food Bank is taking action as freezing temperatures grip South Louisiana, ...
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PHOTO GALLERY: MLK Day festivities
The 2025 MLK Parade may not have had as many participants and spectators as usual because of the ...
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Back at the helm: Trump begins second administration
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, returning to power with a promise to end ...
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Cold weather shelter opens in Jeff Davis
With temperatures not expected to rise above freezing until Thursday and forecasts calling for unprecedented snowfall, Jeff Davis ...
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Trump promises ‘a golden age of America’
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn ...
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LC Memorial clinics, outpatient services, elective surgery centers to close for weather
Special to the American Press As winter weather conditions are expected to continue from early Tuesday morning through ...