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Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Max Lagano
Warmer temperatures are in store through Friday, before a weak front comes this weekend to provide some heat relief
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Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Jade Moreau
A partnership between the city of Lake Charles and a local non-profit is aimed at helping those with mental and physical disabilities.
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Updated: 5 hours ago
|By KPLC Digital Team
Capital One Tower owner Hertz Investment Group’s Oct. 11 trial with its insurance company has been delayed until Jan. 9.
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Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Devon Distefano
The historic Jeff Davis Parish Fair draws a large crowd each year, and vice president of Jeff Davis Fair Board Kori Myers said this year won’t be any different.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Angelica Butine
The annual fair is held every fall and continues to provide a place for the community to create memories.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Johnathan Manning
James was found guilty of second-degree battery in the December 2021 attack on Woodie Blanks.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Johnathan Manning
The school was placed on lockdown around midday.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Amanda Johnson
Construction of the two new ferries is expected to begin early next year with an estimated completion in mid-2025.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By KPLC Digital Team
An incarcerated Texas man is facing charges for allegedly burglarizing two pharmacies in Calcasieu Parish earlier this year.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Jonathan Fontenot
Legal Corner answers viewers’ civil legal questions.
Calcasieu Radar
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Bria Gremillion
Anyone watching will be able to ask questions in real-time.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Ben Terry
Sunnier skies mean warmer temperatures this afternoon with highs topping out in the middle 80s for today. Humidity values still staying on the lower side, so we’ll enjoy another pleasant evening we’ll expect lows to drop back down into the upper 50s to low 60s again first thing Thursday morning.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By KPLC Digital Team
The pay will increase from $35 to $50 for working the I-10 traffic detail.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Patrick Deaville
This adds the parish to the growing list of areas currently under a burn ban due to dry conditions throughout the state.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Patrick Deaville
The advisory was in effect for residents in Kinder along Lauderdale Rd., north of Hwy 190.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Johnathan Manning
All three players were defensive backs on the team.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Patrick Deaville
The event will have food trucks, live music, vendors, and more.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Patrick Deaville
Registration for the event ends on Oct. 6 at 11:59 p.m.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Patrick Deaville
As Halloween gets closer, the park will even have a couple spooky events that are safe for kids and parents alike.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Patrick Deaville
Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Oct. 4, 2022.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By WAFB Staff
Louisiana taxpayers have until Oct. 6, 2022, to claim millions of dollars in state income tax refunds before they become unclaimed property.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Rhonda Hardin
Research says certain colorful foods can help reduce the risk of macular degeneration and dementia.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Emma Oertling
A local World War II veteran turned 100 years old today.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 9:48 PM CDT
|By Jade Moreau
Dozens of floats and vehicles were decorated in the parade, and several hundreds of people lined the streets to watch.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 9:41 PM CDT
|By Jakob Evans
Four people are dead after a man murdered three before taking his own life in a shooting spree across Lafayette Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 7:26 PM CDT
|By Rissa Shaw
The mother says "the whole movie is based on witches harvesting children for blood sacrifices.”
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 7:06 PM CDT
|By Angelica Butine
Larry Alexander and Wallace Bellard Jr. are both hoping to fill a new role in the town they call home.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 6:57 PM CDT
|By Jakob Evans
Interstate 10 westbound near Jennings is closed due to an incident, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 6:30 PM CDT
|By Chris Rosato
CEO’s and business owners braced themselves for the worst on Tuesday at the Louisiana Economic Forecast event.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Andrea Robinson
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury broke ground on the Louisiana Avenue Detention Basin project that aims to bring flood relief to some Lake Charles residents in an effort to stop a near by neighborhood from flooding.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Jakob Evans
The Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for two unknown suspects accused of burglarizing a tent in the Hackberry area.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
"They look like Percocet. They look like Xanax. We can’t even tell them apart unless we send them to the lab."
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Lester Duhé
A new billboard in Livingston Parish is getting people’s attention.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 2:47 PM CDT
|By KALB Digital Team
The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help finding a man wanted regarding a missing teenager.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 2:22 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The chase began when the Lake Charles Police Department initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Prien Lake Road.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 1:46 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Louisiana lawmakers discuss school safety during a special committee meeting.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 1:46 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Calcasieu Water Works District 1 will shut off water at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 for a water main tie-in on Hwy 171.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By Patrick Deaville
Authorities are reminding residents that traffic in DeRidder will be very limited during this time and that you may need to find alternate routes.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By Patrick Deaville
Recently, there have been several water main breaks by contractors laying fiber cables in the city.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 9:45 AM CDT
|By Patrick Deaville
The Sulphur OMV has opened at a new location on 1300 E. Napoleon St.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 9:14 AM CDT
|By Patrick Deaville
Surrounding Beauregard, Vernon, and Rapides Parishes are also under burn bans due to similar dry conditions in the area.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 8:59 AM CDT
|By Patrick Deaville
The fair will be at the Vernon Parish Fairgrounds
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 6:14 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Hardin
“Go Baby Go” is a program designed to build adaptive toy cars to get kids with mobility impairments moving.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 5:06 AM CDT
|By Patrick Deaville
Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Oct. 3, 2022.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 9:41 PM CDT
|By Jade Moreau
Black Bayou Bridge renamed in honor of former operator
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 8:49 PM CDT
|By Crimson Jeffers
Authorities have identified the woman killed in a mobile home fire in Moss Bluff this weekend.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 6:59 PM CDT
|By Lester Duhé
A new political advertisement for the 2022 Louisiana Senate Race has people talking.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The daughter and niece of two of the prisoners released from Venezuela in a prisoner swap had some words for a United States senator who questioned the deal.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Andrea Robinson
Four candidates, Kesia Lemonie, Brandon Kelley, Brandilyn Soileau, and Jared Trahan are all vying to be the next mayor for the Town of Elton in the Nov. 8 election.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By Jakob Evans
A man lost control of his vehicle and died in a single-vehicle crash in Jeff Davis Parish on October 2.