Louisiana State News, News
Louisiana high school students who excel in civics education will soon receive special recognition at graduation through a new diploma endorsement program approved by state education officials. The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) announced the Freedom...
Sulphur, Louisiana News, Calcasieu Parish News, News
Sulphur, Louisiana – After a four-year closure following hurricane damage, a familiar Sulphur convenience store location is getting a second life under new branding. The former Shop Rite convenience store at the intersection of East Napoleon Street and Beglis...
Calcasieu Parish News, News, Sulphur, Louisiana News
Sulphur, Louisiana — Residents in Southwest Louisiana are increasingly voicing concerns about retail pricing practices and local tax burdens, with some threatening to take their business to neighboring states where they perceive costs to be lower. Recently, a local...
Louisiana State News, Crime in Louisiana, News, Traffic
Monroe, Louisiana – Louisiana State Police are investigating a fatal crash that claimed the life of a pedestrian on Interstate 20 in Monroe on Monday afternoon. Eugenia Bates, 38, of Monroe was walking on the westbound shoulder of I-20 near milepost 118 when she...
Louisiana State News, Crime in Louisiana, News
Gonzales, Louisiana – A 40-year-old Gonzales, Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to receiving child sexual abuse material, after coordinating with a self-described “pedophile” photographer to take inappropriate images of a minor victim. Hannah...
Lake Charles, Louisiana News, Calcasieu Parish News, Life, News
Lake Charles, Louisiana — Ukrainian theater and music group YAGODY will bring their unique “ethno-drama” performance to McNeese State University on April 24, marking one of the final stops on their first North American tour. The four-member ensemble from...