Community
Parks and Recreation Month: SPAR offers wide variety of programs
Special to the Daily News Join SPAR in celebration of Parks & Recreation Month and the benefits of ...
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City approves purchase of new UV wastewater treatment system
Sulphur City Council held a special meeting Thursday to swiftly navigate the purchase and installation of the Wastewater ...
Community
Challenges bring growth: Several new businesses open shop in Moss Bluff
Despite the challenges of workforce issues, supply chain problems and a struggling economy, small business is booming in ...
Community
Television station to remain downtown
By Emily Burleigh American Press KPLC officially announced their plans to continue operating out of downtown Lake Charles. ...
Insurance reform
Stine pushes storm victims’ insurance reform package
State Sen. Jeremy Stine (R-Lake Charles), District 27, promised to give storm victims a voice in Baton Rouge ...
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supreme court
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
By Casey Harper | The Center Square United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement ...
teaching
Amber Petroski: Teaching children to be free thinkers
By Emily Burleigh American Press Lifelong Lake Charles resident Amber Petroski makes it a point to teach her ...
track and field
National stage: SW La.’s Spooner, Goodly bring home championships
A pair of Southwest Louisiana track and field standouts got a chance to go to Track Town USA ...
mcneese state university
Campus to expand, McNeese agrees to property swap
By Ashlee Lhamon Special to the American Press Thanks to a property swap between the McNeese State University ...
college football
What’s ahead for Cowboys, season of transition
By Jim Gazzolo Special to the Daily News The new football season is 73 days away, but there ...
Venture Global
La. Bucket Brigade raises environmental concerns over Venture Global
By Ranna Hebert Residents surrounding Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass Facility say they are concerned over what they claim ...
crime
Teacher inappropriately touched student during tutoring session
By Emily Burleigh American Press Former Sulphur High School teacher Alan B. Million, 40, was arrested on Monday and ...
Community
When a wound won’t heal
By Ken Thomas, MD, family medicine physician with West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital The body is a complex system ...
Community
Land use and zoning board appointment could be short-lived
Sulphur City Council members made good time addressing the 38-item jam-packed agenda at the Monday meeting that included ...
Community
Drainage lateral debris removal progressing
Calcasieu Parish Director of Engineering and Public Works Allen Wainwright reported on the status of debris removal from ...
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Weather Watch
‘Abnormally hot weather’ expected to continue in SW La.
The “abnormally hot weather” Southwest Louisiana has experienced this week is expected to continue throughout the weekend. Montra ...
crime
Sulphur man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
A 30-year-old Sulphur man arrested earlier this year in a bicycle-vehicle hit-and-run that left a 15-year-old dead pleaded ...
crime
UPDATE: Both DeQuincy attempted armed robbery suspects captured
Two suspects wanted for attempted armed robbery in DeQuincy are now in custody after a two-day manhunt, according ...
Community
Repairs allow vehicle access to Sabine Pass Lighthouse
Special to the Daily News The road to the Sabine Pass lighthouse is open, but in dry weather ...
high school rodeo
LaVergne locks up saddle bronc championship
SULPHUR — He started his rodeo career two years ago and is already a state champion. DeQuincy freshman ...
High School Sports
LHSAA redefines ‘select’ school, SW Louisiana reaction mixed
By Warren Arceneaux American Press After years of principals voting down changes to the sports landscape, the Louisiana ...
high school sports
SW La. keeps tournaments, Softball, baseball, swimming and boys basketball remain
It was a clean sweep Wednesday afternoon for Southwest Louisiana. The Louisiana High School Athletic Association Executive Committee ...
hurricane season
‘Every storm different’: National Weather Service says pay attention, be prepared
This hurricane season, don’t look at only a single hurricane model to make a determination. Don’t trust “keyboard ...
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Sulphur High grad killed in wreck hours after commencement
A Sulphur High School graduate was killed Saturday, hours after her commencement celebration, in a two-vehicle crash at ...
parks and recreation
Center Circle pool will close for rebuild, SPAR to hold meeting for community input on redesign
Center Circle pool will close this summer to begin demo and construction of a new space and water ...