A Lake Charles woman has been charged with manslaughter after officers said she beat a man with a baseball bat and left him ...

A Lake Charles woman has been charged with murder after an alleged altercation in a child custody dispute. Calcasieu Parish ...

The number of American flags displayed during the biannual Avenue of Flags has grown far beyond the original 50 in 1983 — so ...

A Louisiana lawmaker is facing criminal charges after striking a concrete barrier while allegedly driving impaired with his ...

U.S. forecasters are expecting an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms, and 6 to 10 of ...

Just in time for summer, locals have an exciting new vacation option with the opening of Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park ...

Special to the American Press U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined Speaker ...

Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape ...

Downtown at Sundown — a celebration of the diverse culture and local businesses of downtown — returns for its 25th series on ...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ...

Jimmy Ricklefsen has been fired after serving the McNeese State baseball program for a total of 24 years. Cowboys’ head coach ...

The conviction of a Lake Charles man charged with computer-aided solicitation and child pornography possession will stand.