LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - In January 2024, the Louisiana Department of Transportation (DOTD) announced its public-private ...

Calcasieu Parish — A 34-year-old suspect from Port Arthur is charged with 2nd Degree Murder in a fatal shooting outside of a bar in Lake Charles. Fabian D. Charles is held on a $1.7 million bond at ...

Thomas was born in Welsh on Feb. 20, 1918. Thomas turned 107 years old on Feb. 20 of this year and was the oldest living resident in Calcasieu Parish. She would pass away only six days later. On her ...

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Jared Dean Cooley, 27, 2700 Ernest St. — domestic abuse battery-child endangerment; cruelty to juveniles; interfering with ...

A spokesman tells KATC Wednesday morning that 14 people are believed to have been wounded, including one man who died Mardi Gras night in the Evangeline Parish town.

EVANGELINE PARISH — MAMOU, LA — A shooting Monday night during a Zydeco concert in Mamou has left three people injured, according to Chief of Police Patrick Hall. The incident occurred during ...

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Shaniesha MercedesJena Reed, 26, 8551 Gulf Highway —child desertion. Bond: $6,000. Damion AndrewWalter Batiste ...

About 2,000 customers were without power in Jefferson Parish around noon on Tuesday ... Entergy's outage map does not say when power is expected to be restored in the area.

JEFFERSON PARISH. DISCOURAGED IS HOW MANY FELT AFTER LEARNING PARADES IN JEFFERSON PARISH, LIKE THE AUGUST PARADE, WERE CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER CONCERNS, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WIND ...

The Calcasieu Parish 14th Judicial District Court Judge Joseph Pousson last week made the decision in the case involving Joshua Boyd, 42. The judge's ruling giving Boyd a retrial followed an ...

On Monday, the Calcasieu Parish Police said the Tuesday Mardi Gras in the Zone event is off and not expected to be rescheduled. The annual parade is still set for Tuesday, as of Monday afternoon.