About a week after a man disappeared, the Baton Rouge Police Department continues to ask the public for help locating him, as new evidence has surfaced in the case. (AP) The Lake Charles city council has approved $3.1 million in improvements to the city's drainage system, which came under heavy pressure in recent years during repeated heavy rains, including two hurricanes. (AP) A change in the planned location for jury selection prompted a delay in the trial for a Louisiana woman charged with murder in the burning death of her son. Gangs have taken over much of the country. LAFAYETTE, La. BATON ROUGE, La. The event will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature live music by LA ROXX as well as samples of jambalaya and pastalaya from more than 16 competing teams. BATON ROUGE, La. Nearly 55 years after Shearman purchased the paper, the organization shortened its name once more to the American Press. Features include: - Breaking news alerts - Live, local news headlines and stories - Live radar - Storm tracking - Sports - Video - Delays, gate changes, departures and arrivals are things you expect to experience at an airport, but today travelers through Lake Charles got to enjoy the Barbe High School orchestra. His opinions were always well written, said Charles Riddle III, district attorney for Avoyelles Parish, part of the Supreme Court district that Watson served. For more info or to purchase tickets, call LaKeisha Lewis at (337) 842-6970. The competition is fierce. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Jarell Joseph has had a very successful career as a member of the Lake Charles College Prep Track and Field team, and on Saturday he put pen to paper making his college decision official to continue his academic, and athletic careers at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Louisianas biggest casino market places another bet on gambling. TXZ180-042245-. KPLC brings you the latest weather, news, and sports in Southwest Louisiana. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce at 5 p.m. Sunday at Legacy Center. Theres just something wrong with it.. Ground News rates Lake Charles American Press's media bias as unknown. He was a good friend and I respected him greatly. Some are fast food, others are long-time staples, and quite a few are newcomers vying for their spot in the mix. It all occurred in the midst of the pandemic, which drove up costs for rebuilding materials and limited the arrival of volunteers, among a litany of other complications. This was a rough one., Email Mike Smith at MSmith@theadvocate.com or follow him on Twitter at @MikeJSmith504, SULPHUR When Michelle LeBlanc made it back to see her school, she stood on the stage of the auditorium and watched as water rose below her a, LAKE CHARLES A year after Hurricane Laura pummeled southwest Louisiana, residents and community leaders are determined to rebuild, but conce, When Hurricane Katrina struck east of New Orleans, the storm and the engineering failures it exposed spawned a whole new way of providing fede, The National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane watches for areas across the Louisiana coast as Tropical Storm Ida quickly approaches the G. Published 6:00 am Sunday, December 12, 2021. This is the sixth fire at the apartment. Bossier Parish Sheriff's detectives said the suspects, all from Lake Charles, Louisiana, agreed to give the man who is from Sulphur a ride on Wednesday to Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center in Minden to retrieve a stimulus check that was mailed there after his release from the facility. This high-energy event attracts sports enthusiasts from all over, and it is a great privilege for Lake Charles to host it for another three years. Zone Forecast Product. City's biggest office tower has served as an imposing reminder of Hurricane Laura's devastation. Suggest one. Weather 23C Thursday 21 | 27C Friday 12 | 23C They have taken up residence in trailers supplied by FEMA or bought on their own. North had requested to see the contract after a February 2 hearing at which the firms marketing practices were discussed. (KPLC) - A Lake Charles man was convicted Friday of raping an 11-year-old child in 2022. National Weather Service Lake Charles LA. (AP) A Louisiana city is planning to provide 35,000 utility customers with new, automated water meters over the next 16 to 18 months. (AP) Officers in a southwest Louisiana city shot and wounded a woman who fired a gun after they responded to a call about 6:30 a.m. Friday, state police said. McNeese State University has wrapped up another successful year of Engineering Week. This event is almost sold out, so get your tickets now! BATON ROUGE, La. Crime SWLA Arrest Report - Feb. 26, 2023 Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 3:56 AM PST | By Patrick Deaville Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Feb. 26, 2023. ZFPLCH. The family was thrilled but when the phone never rang they knew something wasnt right. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. A 16-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of local artist Derrick James Thornton. According to the Lake Charles, La. In his letter to staff, Moseley said the firm was preparing an aggressive response to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. We don't have the resources governmentally to deal with this, said Bell. Local officials have expressed shock, exasperation and anger that a common form of federal assistance after major catastrophes -- one that would likely inject hundreds of millions of dollars into the regions rebuilding effort -- has not been formally proposed beyond quixotic, doomed-to-fail efforts, let alone approved. LAKE CHARLES, La. Calcasieu Radar Crime Newspapers are the eyes and ears of the world; they are how the world comes to know about itself. And as anyone in the Lake Charles area will tell you, Laura was only the beginning. Forever Home Giveaway launched around November of 2022, according to its social media page. It was the shock of a lifetime, according to a Lake Charles family. LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) Three Gulf Coast states are getting $1.9 billion in federal grants to help recover from hurricanes and floods over the past two years and become more resilient to climate change, the U.S. LAKE CHARLES, La. All the while, residents have battled insurers and often lost. (AP) Construction of a new artificial reef off the coast of a southwest Louisiana city has been completed. A couple of years ago we came out to the airport. A common theme among residents who escape with their families for weekend trips is how nice it can be to not see blue tarps on roofs, or to wonder what will be open or closed. A year after Hurricane Laura, Lake Charles fears becoming expendable. We are looking forward to rejoining the downtown community, especially at this juncture in its history. The firms newly hired counsel, criminal defense attorney William Gibbens, said they were no longer working with Velawcity. No town is immune to human trafficking or sex trafficking," Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said Thursday in a news release announcing formation of the SWLA Human Trafficking Task Force. Were sort of being viewed as expendable, even though this is the part of the state that is taking all the chances, said Adley Cormier, author of a book on local history titled Lost Lake Charles and a longtime resident of the city. (AP) Three freshmen defensive backs on the McNeese State football team are among five 18- and 19-year-old men accused of various crimes, including one linked to a drive-by shooting near a campus apartment complex, authorities said Wednesday. He finally made it back home before having to leave again because of water damage. An untold number have left and may not make it back. High pressure in the region will keep temperatures cooler and drier for the weekend with clear skies. It is a city in which it will be a pleasure to make a home, and I shall look forward to moving my family here.. Blue tarps cover storm damaged homes in a neighborhood near the intersection of I-210 and La. With the exception of the large publishing houses of New Orleans, there is nowhere, in all the state of Louisiana, or the adjacent South, a printing establishment that will compare, in point of costly and efficient equipment, with the plant of the daily and weekly Press, reads an 1895 article in the Lake Charles Daily Press announcing the purchase. Local officials point out that other regions have received such assistance far faster. A local hospital reported the crime to authorities, and LeDay Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for March 2, 2023. Southwest Daily News. They invited us caroling, Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) -The frontal passage last night has brought drier air and a decrease in temperatures to the region, with temps this morning in the low 60s and upper 50s. (AP) A homeowner shot and killed a possibly intoxicated college student who was trying to get into his house and ignored both orders to leave and a warning shot, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said Tuesday. CAMERON, La. Long added five rebounds for the Huskies (6-12, 3-2 Southland Conference). A Lake Charles man was convicted Friday of rape after sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl who was a . No longer. The Louisiana State Police have implemented a new tool for the community to be able to share their experiences of interacting with the department. (AP) Louisiana will receive $595 million in federal disaster block grant aid to help with housing restoration and other recovery needs from last year's back-to-back blows of Hurricanes Laura and Delta, the state's two U.S. LAKE CHARLES, La. Attorneys with embattled Houston-based law firm McClenny, Moseley and Associates, which has filed over 2,100 hurricane damage lawsuits in Louisiana, were again called upon to answer for their business practices in U.S. District Court in New Orleans on Friday. 608 FPUS54 KLCH 030929. March 3, 2023 Winner the site showed. They warn that they simply do not have the money to do it alone. In 1910, the Daily Press merged with the Daily American, which Beatty was also publishing at the time, to form the Lake Charles Daily American-Press. A search warrant was served in the 500 block of South Goos Street, near its intersection with Mill Street. LAKE CHARLES Southwest Louisiana is likely to strengthen its position as one of the worlds major exporters of liquified natural gas in the months and years ahead, partly due to Russias inv. Sulphur, Louisiana On March 3, 2023, the Ward 4 Marshals Office released a list of people who failed to appear in court and now have bench warrants out for their arrest. Schools recently reopened after the summer break and the district is still trying to come up with an accurate count. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon on Friday issued a cease-and-desist order against Houston-based law firm McClenny, Moseley and Associates, accusing it of fraud involving potentially hundred. Part of the region was labelled a neutral strip for a time after the Louisiana Purchase in the early 19th century in other words, a no mans land. He singled out northern Lake Charles, a largely African-American area of the city. When Carpenter Newsmedia purchased the American Press, their plan was to move as close to the heart of Lake Charles as possible. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Explore casino resorts abound with gaming galore, lazy rivers and dining experiences. Forever Home Giveaway launched around November of 2022, according to its social media page. |. LAKE CHARLES, La. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a Black employee at Exxons chemical plant found a noose at his worksite in January 2020. But after an onslaught of natural disasters in the fall of 2020 and early 2021, the citys federal, LAKE CHARLES Gus Rodrigue, director of the food pantry at Glad Tidings Church, opens the lid of a freezer in the storage area of the small one-story building. Leesville police released new details on the pedestrian hit by a train. The businessman whose customers drive over it said he's been trying to get some guidance from the state. Lets face it, Southwest Louisiana is saturated with restaurants offering Mexican and Latin cuisine. Bells post-hurricane journey led him and his wife to Lafayette and then to a home they shared with other family members in Sulphur, outside Lake Charles. Much of the loss is due to retail businesses not reopening, he noted, with heavy industry having returned to a large degree. WESTLAKE, La. Edwards has spelled out $3 billion in unmet needs statewide, and says he would expect the state to receive about half of that in a federal appropriation. One man bought his ticket and on March 1, his name appeared on the website. Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Viewers often send us a concern, sometimes with pictures and ask us to look into the issue. Edwards on Thursday expressed optimism that a deal could be reached in Washington to move forward on such legislation as soon as next month. Louisiana newspapers include the Bogalusa Daily News, Southwest Daily News, LObservateur in LaPlace and, as of October, the Leesville Leader and Beauregard News. AP NEWS . (AP) Brycen Long's 32 points led Houston Christian over McNeese 90-81 on Saturday night. Shearman, who was a Chicago-based national advertising salesman at the Inland Newspaper Representatives firm, had represented the Lake Charles American Press in national advertising for about 12 years and had formed a friendship with Beatty. Lake Charles, Louisiana Crime Stoppers in Louisiana is asking for help locating a trailer and tractor stolen in Lake Charles. This week the City of Lake Charles unveiled a brand new basketball court with a little help from an NBA team. Although we are officially moving Monday, we will still have a transition phase over the next week. Investment in the newspaper field in Lake Charles has a double attraction, he continued. Haiti is a dangerous place right now. (AP) Zydeco musician Chris Ardoin says it has taken time to recover his creativity after being shot last summer. Besides the crack, erosion has occurred around the culvert. He has since returned once again. Whats more, Gibbens admitted that in a number of cases, Apex didnt do the work, after being asked by North whether a client whose case came to the firm through its arrangement with Apex had actually gotten her roof fixed, a question the defense attorney couldnt answer. McNeese State earned the final spot in the Southland Conference basketball tournament by the slimmest of margins. LAKE CHARLES, La. At last count, in our parish alone, we have amassed more than four dozen food trucks and brick and mortar outlets to choose from. Youre going to need more lawyers if youre trying to unwind this mess, North told the attorneys and their counsel in court. John Bel Edwards Wednesday that he is planning on retiring from his position March 4. 14 Wednesday, August 25, 2021, nearly one year after Hurricane Laura passed through, in Lake Charles, La. Don't miss the 9th Annual Red Carpet Affair this Saturday, March 4, presented by the local non-profit Light of Perfection in Lake Charles! Thomas finished with career highs in points (15) and rebounds (12) The Southland Conference Tournament starts Sunday. BATON ROUGE, La. LAKE CHARLES, La. Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for March 2, 2023. Adrian Perkins, the mayor of Shreveport in northwest Louisiana, and Nic Hunter, the mayor of Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana are vying to see which city can achieve the higher increase in first-dose vaccinations. A viewer who passes this way sent us a picture of the cracked pavement and the empty space underneath. But he is at least providing a home for someone. . Formal sentencing is set for April 28, 2023, before Judge Robert Wyatt. A cyclist pedals by a pile of debris outside the Sears Outlet store Wednesday, August 25, 2021, nearly one year after Hurricane Laura passed through, in Lake Charles, La. A Lake Charles man was convicted Friday of raping an 11-year-old child in 2022. He has begun renting out the house where he was doing air-conditioning work earlier this week, making it an outlier on a block where many homes still sit damaged and vacant. Thousands remain displaced, houses and apartment complexes sit in ruins, Lake Charles main office tower is still boarded up and empty, and the federal government has not delivered anything close to the level of aid the region says it desperately needs. Now comes the hard part, Gov. (AP) The mayors of two Louisiana cities have announced a friendly competition aimed at bolstering efforts to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. We also want to support the downtown revitalization financially. On Thursday, U.S. Eastern District Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown ordered all of the firms cases in her district to be put on hold pending review. LAKE CHARLES, La. Lake Charles, La. The City of Lake Charles partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana and the Pelicans to make this dream a reality. The mission of the American Press is simple, but profound educate the citizenry, which Thomas Jefferson said was so vital to a healthy, functioning democratic republic. It is located across from McNeese campus so students will have easy access to medical care, but the urgent care is open to the public. The utilities manager in Lake Charles says the city will have "the most advanced metering system on the Gulf Coast, The American Press reports. ZFPLCH. There was a problem saving your notification. National Weather Service Lake Charles LA. A battle to reduce an excessive water bill is finally resolved, but not the way the customer had hoped. [volume] Lake Charles, Parish of . NEW ORLEANS (AP) Authorities are investigating shootings by police at opposite ends of south Louisiana. Prices on building materials have skyrocketed! Long-term relief dollars finally begin to arrive in the hard-hit region. (AP) Five people were injured in an explosion at a Louisiana chemical plant, news outlets reported. The orders allow Golden Pass LNG Terminal near Port Arthur, Texas, and Magnolia LNG Terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to export additional natural gas as LNG to any country not prohibited by U.S. LAKE CHARLES, La. With Gov. Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe, Spurger . (from June 1, 1876 to Dec. 21, 1894) MyHeritage. Lake Arthur reschedules trash pickup to Fridays. The shooting was reported late Sunday, Lake Charles Deputy Chief Franklin Fondel Jr. LAKE CHARLES, La. A Louisiana rural utility is spending big on a storm-resilient grid. . The firm has been in trouble in courts across the state, resulting in sanctions, orders halting their cases and professional complaints in recent months. Looking for some spicy mudbugs around town? Normally filled with meat donat. The return of events on a larger scale comes after two tumultuous years for the city. The great concern among many in the region is that it will be forgotten to an even further extent than it already has been. The American Press is the flagship newspaper of the Shearman Corporation, which also. Donovan Oday and Dionjahe Thomas came up with perhaps their best performances. Derrick Thornton, 43, of Lake Charles was found dead at a home in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, according to the Lake Charles Police Department.