Louisiana State News, Crime in Louisiana, News
Ferriday, Louisiana – The Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division arrested Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy Drakel Carter on August 11, 2025, on charges of simple battery and malfeasance in office following a reported on-duty altercation...
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Louisiana – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Ernest X. Taylor Jr., 40, of LaPlace, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on August 6, 2025, to one count of bank fraud under Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1344(2). The plea stems from a multi‑year scheme...
Weather, Calcasieu Parish News, Louisiana State News, News
Louisiana – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Erin in the eastern tropical Atlantic, while also monitoring a weak trough in the northeastern Gulf that could bring locally heavy rain to parts of the central Gulf Coast,...
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Lake Charles, Louisiana – A slow-moving disturbance over the northwest Gulf is boosting rain chances across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana early this week, with the greatest risk for heavy downpours through Wednesday before a more typical summer pattern...
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Opelousas, Louisiana – Louisiana State Police detectives arrested 58-year-old David Woodson of Opelousas, Louisiana on August 8, 2025, on multiple child sex crime charges following an investigation that began in July 2025, authorities said. Detectives with the...
Sulphur, Louisiana News, Calcasieu Parish News, Lane Closures & Road Construction in Southwest Louisiana, News, Sulphur, Louisiana, Lane Closures and Road Construction, Traffic, Westlake, Louisiana News
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will close the I-210 eastbound on-ramp from I-10 westbound (Exit 25) in Sulphur from 8 p.m. Thursday, August 14, 2025, to 5 a.m. Friday, August 15, 2025, for guardrail repair, weather permitting. The closure...