Leigh Ann Sharp, a coastal wetlands expert with the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, has spent over 20 years implementing restoration projects across Southwest Louisiana. From ...

A RAVE active shooter alert was triggered at Pine Wood Elementary School in DeRidder Wednesday morning, just after 11:20 a.m. The Beauregard Parish School Board and DeRidder Police Department ...

Louisiana has agreed to accept about $350 million from BP rather than collect $373 million over the next seven years, trading $23 million in future payments for immediate access to the remaining money ...

SULPHUR — Pecan Street to Pamela Street will be partially closed 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, to allow for trick-or-treating. Use extra caution while driving in the area and watch for pedestrians. The ...

A DeRidder man was sentenced this week to life in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint inside a local motel. Michael Carter Jr., 45, was ordered by Judge C. Kerry Anderson on Thursday to ...

John Byron Chamblee, 90, of Carlyss, La., passed away peacefully on Oct. 18, 2026, three months after his 90th birthday. Byron was born July 16, 1936, in the Sulphur Mines to Woodrow and Leola Hollier ...

Doris Marilyn (Meeks) Estes, 91, of Lake Charles, La., died peacefully at her home on Oct. 20, 2026, after a six-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Marilyn was born in Haynesville, La., on Feb. 27, ...

The Sculptry, Southwest Louisiana’s premier medical aesthetics clinic, has expanded its leadership team with the announcement of new positions for key staff members. Amber Pauley, RN, is moving into ...

Westlake got back into the race for the Division III, District 1 championship race on Thursday after handing St. Louis Catholic its first district loss, 25-15, 25-16, 22-25, 25-9. The Saints (19-13, 4 ...

An 84-year-old Lake Charles man is facing charges after law enforcement discovered he was manufacturing and selling illegal explosives within 500 feet of a school. On Oct. 2, the Combined […] ...

Thomas Cisco — who was sentenced to 90 years in prison for the July 6, 1997, KK’s Corner triple homicide — has been granted parole after serving 24 years. Cisco pleaded guilty to three manslaughter ...

Jeff Davis election: Runoff declared in district attorney, Elton mayoral races Johnson, Scalise, Higgins, Carter all retain seats in dominant fashion ...