Louisiana State Sen. Mike Reese officially stepped into his role as the ninth president of McNeese State University on July 1 ...

The Jennings City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with condemnation and demolition proceedings for the former James Ward Elementary School, despite an appeal from the property’s owner for more ...

Tropical Storm Bertha crawled onto the southern tip of Louisiana on Wednesday, making landfall and packing strong winds far from its center after closing beaches from the Florida Panhandle to ...

The Interstate 10-Calcasieu River Bridge replacement project is a massive $2.3 billion infrastructure overhaul transforming a 5.5-mile corridor from Ryan Street in Lake Charles to the I-10/I-210 ...

Louisiana will begin enforcing a series of new artificial intelligence laws Aug. 1 that expand criminal penalties for AI-generated sexual images, require disclosures on certain political ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the U.S. will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The warning came after the U.S. carried out ...

John Nicholas Green, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 17, 2026. He was born on Mar. 5, 1945, in Barberton, Ohio, to Betty Blosser and Bert Green. John owned and operated Family Tire for more ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a four-part series. A Lake Charles Expressway on the northern edge of the city that was first opposed in 1950 eventually opened in 1963 as part of the Interstate 10 ...

The 39th annual Cajun Music and Food Festival will be held Saturday at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles. The festival, hosted by the Cajun French Music Association of Louisiana’s Lake Charles ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has called a summit meeting at the Governor’s Mansion to discuss the future of LSU athletics. Chances are that you, personally, were not invited. Invitations to the meeting, ...