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Updated: 21 hours ago
|By KPLC Digital Team
Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Jan. 27, 2023.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:46 PM CST
|By Barry Lowin
It’s still unknown whether the car was stolen or perhaps washed into the bayou by hurricanes.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:40 PM CST
|By Jade Moreau
A new program at Ochsner American Legion Hospital in Jennings could help children have a head start on their literacy skills.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:40 PM CST
|By Theresa Schmidt
Sheron Lewis will be sentenced on March 22 after being convicted of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A first degree murder conviction brings an automatic sentence of life in prison.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:20 PM CST
|By Jade Moreau
The Town of Elton has raised wastewater rates by $2.50 per month, beginning March 1.
Man accused of killing woman dies at Angola while waiting to testify in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 2:01 PM CST
|By WAFB Staff
The LDPSC has released information about the death of a pretrial inmate at Angola who was waiting to testify in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.
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Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:22 PM CST
|By Devon Distefano
Louisiana State Police is providing tips passengers can use next time they step in a vehicle.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 5:20 PM CST
|By Amanda Johnson and Joel Bruce
The Lord and Lady of the 12th Night Royal Court for the City of Lake Charles were given their crowns Friday.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 4:08 PM CST
|By Max Lagano
A water main repair is set for Monday, Jan. 30.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 at 3:06 AM CST
|By ADRIAN SAINZ
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy told a news conference that although the officers each played different roles in the killing, “they are all responsible.”
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 3:54 PM CST
|By KEVIN McGILL
Ten Filipino men who worked for a major offshore oil industry employer under federally granted visas claim in a federal lawsuit they were treated like prisoners at a company bunkhouse and that some of them were abandoned there when Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 2:06 PM CST
|By KALB Digital Team
Noah Tomlin, 23 of Alexandria, was arrested for one count of sexual abuse of an animal.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 3:18 PM CST
|By Theresa Schmidt
After 35 minutes of deliberation, a Calcasieu Parish jury found Sheron Lewis guilty as charged for killing his wife and trying to murder her daughter.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 1:14 PM CST
|By KALB Digital Team
A former soldier stationed at Fort Polk has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 2:19 PM CST
|By Patrick Deaville
Two students were arrested after a bomb threat was made at Jennings High School, according to the Jeff Davis Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 6:46 PM CST
|By STEFANIE DAZIO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
The body-camera footage shows suspect David DePape wrest the tool from 82-year-old Paul Pelosi and lunge toward him, the hammer over his head.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 12:16 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Gilroy has been a McNeese track coach for more than 15 years.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 10:30 AM CST
|By Angelica Butine
The average price of eggs in the Lake Area is now hovering around $4.69 to $5.37
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:51 AM CST
|By Rhonda Hardin
When treated early, proton therapy can cure almost 95 percent of ocular cancers.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:40 AM CST
|By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER
The transition is the first major personnel change for an administration that has had minimal turnover at its highest ranks and throughout the Cabinet.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:19 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
The recall covers certain 2020 to 2023 Ford Explorers and Lincoln Aviators, and some 2020 to 2022 Lincoln Corsairs.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 8:21 PM CST
|By Bennett Roland Jr.
The role of an Army medic is immeasurable. They provide lifesaving emergency treatment to fellow soldiers, oftentimes during extreme chaos.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:03 PM CST
|By WAFB Staff
A manhunt in Gonzales ended with multiple people taken into custody Thursday, Jan. 26, including two with warrants for crimes in Mississippi, according to investigators.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 11:02 PM CST
|By Perry Robinson
Many people are calling an off-duty deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office a hero after he unexpectedly saved a man’s life this weekend.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 12:02 PM CST
|By MATTHEW DALY
The bill was approved, 221-205, on a near party-line vote. The measure heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it is expected to languish.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 5:36 AM CST
|By Patrick Deaville
Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Jan. 26, 2023.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 10:54 AM CST
|By Jade Moreau
Kamin Farrell is holding her son a little tighter after a scare earlier this month.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 8:26 PM CST
|By Amma Siriboe
The storm sent Ash to the emergency room after his home lifted off the ground while he was still inside.