The mayor brought with him words of support for FEMA, an agency President Donald Trump talked about shutting down and recently issued orders for a commission to investigate.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Louisiana State Officials will be on hand this morning to review Louisiana’s score as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress this morning, Jan. 29.

Three Lake Arthur men have been cited by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for hunting violations in Jefferson Davis Parish.

In 2024, nearly 200,000 passengers traveled out of Lake Charles Regional, the best year in terms of passengers on record.

The American Press received two surveys recently that suggested the Lake Charles real estate market is weak, and Louisiana is the worst place to retire. Some survey results should not be taken at face value,

Vallier was arrested on Friday near the Lake Charles Event Center, according to the report. He faces charges of second-degree murder, assault by drive-by shooting and aggravated assault with a firearm. The suspect is being held on $1.05 million bond.

Though NWS forecasters are still collecting official snowfall counts, these reports give a good look at just how much snow Louisiana saw.

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

A National Weather Service office in Louisiana issued its first-ever blizzard warning on Tuesday amid snow and strong winds.

Louisiana isn’t known for extreme cold weather—but that changed Tuesday, when the National Weather Service issued its first-ever blizzard warning for much of the state.

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

The Office of Workforce Solutions is offering options this Spring at various SOWELA locations across Southwest Louisiana, including Dealer’s School, Forklift, EMT or OSHA 30 training.