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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An explosion tore through Qatar’s key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that killed at least 13 people ...

A summer meals program is continuing to make a difference for local families in Jeff Davis Parish, according to school officials. Jeff Davis Parish School Board Food Service Committee Chairperson ...

On June 16, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Vehicle Crimes Investigative Unit detectives were notified in reference to a burglary and theft of a dirt bike from a home on Watts Road in Moss Bluff.