A strong competitive spirit — when channeled positively — can lead to personal and professional growth, improved performance ...

The Louisiana High School Finals Rodeo ended just the way the Lavergne brothers wanted: as state champions. Wyatt Lavergne, a ...

Barbe Ella Kay secured her second consecutive goat tying state championship on Friday, and DeQuincy’s Ty Lavergne is close to ...

Anyone who doubts that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry is the most power hungry governor since the late-Huey P. Long (1928-32) ...

Two arrests have been made in the death of a 16-year-old shot while at a graduation celebration at a rental home in the ...

A Lake Charles woman has been charged with murder after an alleged altercation in a child custody dispute. Calcasieu Parish ...

A Lake Charles woman has been charged with manslaughter after officers said she beat a man with a baseball bat and left him ...

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests: Desiree Djeannee Poullard, 33, 1011 W. 18th St. — ...

With the eighth annual Calcasieu Parish Short Film Festival comes over 20 new short films for Southwest Louisiana residents ...

A Welsh man has been sentenced in the 31st Judicial District Court for inappropriate contact with an underaged victim. Joshua ...

Special to the American Press  The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Human Services Department will begin the 2025 Summer Food ...

To begin making Lake Charles more walkable, the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana called in the big guns.