A DeRidder man was found guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint inside a local motel. Michael Carter Jr., 45, was found guilty by a 12-person jury of one count each of sexual battery ...

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Brandon Dion Williams Sr., 34, 911 Johanna Place — direct contempt of court; operating while intoxicated-third offense; driver ...

Louisiana fishermen, local environmental groups and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit Friday in Cameron Parish challenging a coastal use permit for a proposed 44-mile pipeline, arguing state regulators ...

LeBron James will not be back with the Los Angeles Lakers and plans to play a record-extending 24th NBA season elsewhere, a person with knowledge of those plans confirmed Tuesday. The person spoke to ...

Danny Lavergne has lived through several hurricanes and each one brings a new challenge — and lessons learned. Lavergne — who has served as Cameron Parish’s director of Homeland Security and Emergency ...

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United ...

More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, ...

For America’s 250th anniversary LifeShare is inviting communities to unite around one simple truth: when we come together, we save lives. The annual “United We Give: campaign is a three-day community ...

John Fleming bet that rural anger over carbon capture and sequestration could help carry him through Louisiana’s Senate race. It wasn’t enough. U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican runoff ...

City of Lake Charles leaders provided an informative breakdown Thursday night of what community members can expect from the upcoming West Sallier Street reconstruction project. At a meeting held at ...

At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Lake Charles Police Department officers were dispatched to 900 Lakeshore Drive in reference to a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers observed 25-year-old Kentrell Dunn ...

Lake Charles was one of four destinations touted on Monday morning’s “Today” show as an “underrated destination” that “won’t break the bank” for summer travelers. In his segment “Outside-the-Box ...