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Jeff Davis Parish Council on Aging Director Helen Langley helps stock shelves Tuesday during the annual Food for Families food drive. Local businesses and residents donate food and money to help keep the pantry shelves stocked for those in need. The food pantry is open year-round and serves …
Cody Trahan with Christmas Trees USA flocks a customers tree at the business on Nelson Rd. in Lake Charles, La., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. (Rick Hickman/Lake Charles American Press)
- Rick Hickman
Workers with B&J Dock work on restoring pylons at Henderson Bayou Bridge early Monday morning. The bridge, adjacent to Prien Lake Park, has been closed since Nov. 18 so that necessary repairs can be made. Workmen said the pylons are rotting. Special enclosures are being placed around eac…
Fans and teammates cheer for their schools during the LHSAA State Swim Meet at SPAR Aquatic Center in Sulphur, La., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Rick Hickman/Lake Charles American Press)
- Rick Hickman
Stacks of advertising supplements that will be inserted in the Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Day edition of the American Press line the paper’s distribution center floor Monday afternoon. With the American Press’ annual Christmas Gift Guide included, the Thanksgiving Day edition is easily the paper’s…
- Donna Price
Students at Our Lady Queen of Heaven School conduct a Veterans Day Mass on Friday in celebration of America’s Armed Forces and those who serve or have served in it. The liturgy was planned by Mrs. Barger’s second-grade class.
- Special to the American Press
Members of the Junior League of Lake Charles were busy Tuesday night making Thanksgiving baskets for Brentwood Elementary students.
- Rick Hickman
Barbe students cheer on the Bucs during the 1st half of their district game at Barbe High School in Lake Charles, La., Friday, Nov.1, 2019. (Rick Hickman/Lake Charles American Press)
- Rick Hickman
Jordan Ashworth and Sgt. Jeff Morgan, both with Lake Charles City Police, conduct a search in Contraband Bayou at Kirkman Street Monday afternoon as part of a continuing investigation into a homicide that took place Oct. 24 on Reidway Street. Shawn Pardon, 34, was found dead on Reidway. An a…
- Donna Price/American Press
Harold Gournay, the most senior Veteran served at the Lake Charles Outpatient Clinic and a World War II Former Prisoner of War, and his daughters, Paula Gourney and Gloria Byars cut his cake at the clinic in Lake Charles, La., Thursday, Oct.24, 2019. (Rick Hickman/Lake Charles American Press)
- Rick Hickman
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