Lake Charles Police are investigating an early morning shooting at the Events Center seawall that left one dead. Lt. Jeffrey ...

A $52 million Calcasieu Parish Police Jury project is one step closer to breaking ground. The Lake Charles City Council ...

Kate Fusilier was born and raised in Lake Charles and is a St. Louis Catholic High School graduate. Nowadays she resides in ...

What do you think of when you think of Piccadilly? The Advocate in a Thursday story about the once famous cafeteria chain ...

Special to the American Press On July 7, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit detectives began an ...

A former Oakdale city employee and wife of the current police chief has been arrested for malfeasance in office. The arrest ...

Texas State’s surprising jump from the Sun Belt Conference to the Pac-12 won’t lead to a flood of changes this summer in the college sports landscape. At best, it was a trickle with Louisiana Tech ...

A tropical disturbance “meandering and moseying” toward the northeast Gulf of Mexico is expected to bring up to 6 inches of rainfall across Southwest Louisiana over the next few days. A few areas may ...

The Center Square  The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized an emergency exchange from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ...

The Center Square A new state program designed to boost high-paying employment in Louisiana officially launched this month, ...

The city of Sulphur has entered into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury to overlay over 2,000 feet of Kim Street. The Sulphur City Council approved the agreement at ...

Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against several current and former law enforcement officers, including Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle and Oakdale City Marshal Michael “Freck ...