All Beauregard Parish students will receive free meals every day of school during the upcoming 2021-2022 school year, according to school officials.  Read more

Three men qualified this week to fill the unexpired term of state Sen. Ronnie Johns. Read more

DERIDDER — Beauregard Parish law enforcement agencies are inviting the public to join them in “a night out against crime” Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the annual National Night Out campaign event.  Read more

“Larry Schuh: Retrospective” opens at Historic City Hall this Saturday. Schuh, a local artist and McNeese State University professor, will display nearly 100 works from his private and museum collection. Read more

JENNINGS — Local singer and songwriter Hunter Logan has released his first Christian country CD, “The Prodigal.” Read more

The Calcasieu Parish School Board is now at a one-to-one ratio between students and electronic devices. Traditionally, families are required to pay a $20 device fee to access a CPSB device, but due to ongoing hardships the fee will be waived this school year.   Read more

The American Press presented the Lake Charles Insurance Claim Town Hall Thursday at Eastwood Pentecostal Church. About a third of the nearly 170-person crowd raised their hands to indicate they are still not back in their homes as the year anniversary of Hurricane Laura approaches. Residenti… Read more

Leave the winter gowns and men’s vests in the closet. This Mardi Gras carnival event is going tropical. It may not be the season of purple, gold and green, but the Southwest Louisiana lady of everything Mardi Gras, Anne Monlezun, is on a mission to make good on a promise.  Read more

Faculty and staff at Lake Charles Charter Schools will return to campuses next month with face masks, according to a recent statement by Henry Mancuso, superintendent. The statewide surge in COVID-19 infection  and the ineligibility of most students for vaccination led to the decision, Mancu… Read more

Community leaders from across Southwest Louisiana announced the launch of the “Help Southwest Louisiana Now” campaign during a news conference on Tuesday. During the conference, moderated by Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter, it was declared that Help Southwest Louisiana Now is an effort to brin… Read more

JENNINGS — After navigating their way through the pandemic, back-to-back hurricanes and an ice storm, students of Sowela Morgan Smith’s surgical technology program in Jennings marked their milestone Tuesday with a pinning ceremony.“I am so proud of these students,” Surgical Technology Progra… Read more

Today as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Louisiana both hit records, the Louisiana Department of Health and Governor Edwards both urge individuals in Louisiana to take immediate precautions for their own and others’ safety. Read more

Assistant Warden Luke Gaspard believes his role at the Beauregard Parish Jail is one of incredible responsibility, and also incredible duty to the community he loves. Read more

NEW ORLEANS — Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana, a critic of mask mandates and public health restrictions during the pandemic, said he, his wife and son have contracted the coronavirus. Read more

The Internal Revenue Service announced will conduct a Community Assistance Visit in Lake Charles 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28. The IRS is partnering with the Southwest Louisiana Entrepreneur and Economic Development Center SWLA at McNeese State University to host the visit. Read more

WESTLAKE — A driver involved in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon has succumbed to his injuries. Read more

Rachael Gary, a 31-year-old Lake Charles resident, finds joy in spending time with the elderly. She began volunteering with nursing home residents prior to COVID-19 and looks forward to the day when the facilities fully reopen to volunteers. Read more