Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 3:24 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
MGSWLA announced plans for 2023 Children's Day.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 11:18 AM CST
|By KALB Digital Team and KPLC Digital Team
Leesville Police said involved parties have been identified and arrests are forthcoming.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 11:29 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
The officer was not injured.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 1:06 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Xan John (R), of Lafayette, announced his candidacy on Friday.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:24 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
People in the area went into the water and assisted the driver.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 2:20 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
An Iowa woman is jailed after allegedly stealing two trucks at gunpoint and shooting two people as she escaped.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2022 at 10:12 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
All three had more than 70 percent approval.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 5:21 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $842 million to Louisiana for housing needs related to natural disasters in 2021.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Authorities say the suspect has also been seen committing the same crime in New Iberia, Opelousas and Morgan City - as well as in Mississippi.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Apple snails are an invasive species which have become a problem in parts of Louisiana.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Smith was in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy whom he met on Grindr.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 12:26 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Beauregard Sheriff Mark Herford said bogus reports are being made at schools across the state.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 7:19 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after human remains were found at a deer lease in the eastern area of the parish.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Lake Charles Yacht Club posted video of the dolphins to its Facebook page.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 2:25 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Viewer Tom Chevalier captured video of the large water spout near Johnson Bayou.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 12:04 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
State Police contacted KPLC on Thursday saying the officer was a state trooper in an unmarked vehicle who was looking for impaired drivers.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Sabine Parish detectives and Calcasieu Parish deputies searched the suspect's home, seizing over 70 rods, reels, and rod & reel combos, authorities said.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
It’s time to start planning your fall vegetable garden - the LSU AgCenter released a list of vegetables you can plant this month in Louisiana.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team and Andrew McMunn
A couple from Texas have been arrested in Louisiana following the theft of diesel fuel from a convenience store, authorities said.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 12:57 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Calcasieu Parish deputies arrested the suspect during a traffic stop.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 12:11 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft said a drug raid on a residence on Maple Street in Leesville was the result of an “extensive, year-long investigation” by the Vernon Parish Narcotics Task Force.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:17 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The dad-to-be wrangled both raccoons and nearly brought them home as pets.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Authorities also say Arabie shot himself in the leg to evade arrest.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team and Andrew McMunn
Police say a Louisiana man chained his fiancée in the bedroom after her accused her of infidelity.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 2:55 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Burris said a big chunk of the damaged tree fell earlier this year and another significant part of it fell this week.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Officials: Contract worker killed while unloading trailer.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2022 at 12:44 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Lake Charles police are investigating a homicide Saturday night in the 800 block of Third Avenue.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 9:10 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
A DeRidder man is charged with first-degree murder in connection with a February homicide in Opelousas, according to the Opelousas Police Department.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 11:25 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and KPLC Digital Team
A missing Louisiana woman’s vehicle was found in Missouri as the State police continue to search.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2022 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Three people were issued misdemeanor summonses.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 12:43 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Keep up to date with all the severe weather closures and updates here.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2022 at 2:43 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
A compressor fire at the Lotte Chemical facility near I-210 Saturday afternoon has been contained, according to Derek Senegal of Louisiana State police Troop D.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2022 at 10:02 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
It’s no secret Louisiana has a long history with deep ties in the NFL. Whether it’s stars born in the state like Peyton and Eli Manning or it’s those who adopted the state as their own like Drew Brees and Joe Burrow, there’s no denying Louisiana’s greatness in the sport.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2022 at 4:02 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
KPLC received video of multiple officers on top of and hitting a person, who witnesses say was a 16-year-old.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 7:46 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
A DeRidder native, and NFL safety, has been accused of involuntary manslaughter following a fatal crash on Dec. 23, according to a press release from the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 9:01 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing DeRidder man.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 10:59 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Officials with Westlake Chemical have confirmed that there was an explosion at the Westlake chemical south plant.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2022 at 1:55 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team and Jennifer Lott
A Sulphur man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars while serving as treasurer for a nonprofit organization, officials say.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 1:31 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team and Gray News staff
Included among the illegal drugs was 170 grams of fentanyl, a potent narcotic that officials locally and nationwide have listed as a reason for a surge in overdose deaths.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2021 at 9:47 PM CST
|By Patrick Deaville, KPLC Digital Team and Jade Moreau
The Lake Charles Police Department has asked Louisiana State Police to investigate a fatal officer-involved shooting involving a Lake Charles police officer on Cline Street, according to Louisiana State Police Troop D.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 4:22 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
In a press release Tuesday, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin issued a reminder to voters regarding absentee ballot deadlines for the Dec. 11 election.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
A Louisiana State trooper accused of striking and killing a pedestrian with his vehicle in Jasper County, Texas, in August has been arrested for intoxication manslaughter, according to Louisiana State Police.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 1:33 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The explosion happened at Westlake Chemical’s Petro Complex 2 Unit on La. 108 around 11 p.m., according to spokesman Joe Andrepont. The unit, used in the production of ethylene, was undergoing maintenance at the time of the explosion.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 8:37 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Both directions of travel on the I-10 bridge are being shut down for several hours after an 18-wheeler caught fire, according to the Westlake Police Department.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
A Bell City woman is accused of shooting her neighbor’s cat with a pellet gun and throwing it in her ditch, according to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 2:39 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Lake Charles Police Department says it has made four more arrests in connection to the September 6 shooting near McNeese after learning it was “a retaliation for an earlier armed robbery.”
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 4:42 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Louisiana District of the United States Postal Service announced Monday that most mail delivery and retail operations in the 700, 701, 703, and 704 3-Digit ZIP Code areas will resume Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2021 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Gov. Edwards holds news conference in St. James Parish.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
A 64-year-old crew member on a fishing vessel is in critical condition.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 12:48 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Edwards visited St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Tangipahoa parishes Thursday.
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