education
Land purchased for new St. Louis Catholic High School
Land has been purchased for a new home for St. Louis Catholic High School — the next step ...
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crime
12/1: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Ronald Wayne Vincent, 45, 2501 Roxanne St., Sulphur — ...
crime
Five Fort Polk soldiers arrested in rape of two women
Five active-duty soldiers assigned to Fort Polk have been arrested and charged with conspiring together to rape two ...
local
Letter to readers: American Press going to five days a week
By Dan Phelan, American Press publisher Since the founding of the American Press 127 years ago, our organization ...
Jim Beam
Jim Beam column: Long sounded lot like Trump
While Huey Long was a U.S. senator who had strong control over the Louisiana Legislature in 1934, he ...
scene
LC Community Band Christmas concert set for Friday
If it’s Christmas music that’s needed to set the holiday mood, hear favorites for free. At 7 p.m. ...
crime
UPDATE: Shooter identified in Hookah Lounge shooting
Lake Charles Police have arrested a 20-year-old Welsh man in an early Wednesday morning shooting at the VVS1 Hookah ...
crime
Julian pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2017 downtown LC shooting
Joey Julian, accused in a 2017 fatal shooting at the intersection of Mill and Ryan streets, pleaded guilty ...
Nation
Higher food prices worsen hunger crisis for holiday season
Staffers at Bread for the City, a venerable charity in the nation’s capital, thought they were prepared for ...
local
Architects working on plans for new Welsh library
Welsh bookworms could soon be able to envision their future library. Jeff Davis Parish Library Director Clare Coleman ...