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He is described as a white male, 5’11”, 230 pounds, with shoulder length straight brown hair.

Lake Charles – The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a 47 year old Lake Charles man that has been reported missing since the end of May. Joel J. Whitten was last seen at his residence on Canvasback Street in Lake Charles. He is described as a white male, 5’11”, 230 pounds, with shou

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A former office manager of a Louisiana company has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $91,000 from her employer.

Lake Charles, LA – Due to upcoming renovations, effective Thursday, June 21, the CPSO West Cal Law Enforcement Center currently located at 1525 Cypress St. in Sulphur will be temporarily relocated to 1017 Beglis Parkway.

? Classes scheduled to begin at or after 1 pm today, Tuesday, June 19th are canceled. The Lamar University campus will remain open at this time for normal business operations. ?pic.twitter.com/Fwpe4w2oID— Lamar University (@LamarUniversity)June 19, 2018

American Press compositeThe Lake Area’s three Rite Aid stores — two in Lake Charles and one in Sulphur — will close within the next month, officials with parent company Walgreens said Tuesday.James W. Graham, senior media relations manager for Walgreens, said the company decided to close the stores

The Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning board voted 6-2 on Tuesday to recommend rezoning 12,000 acres of property east of Vinton to allow for a megasite that could house light industrial development.The full Police Jury will consider the item at its regular meeting, set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday.Sever

List of road closures in Orange county area. Trying to get a list of Jefferson county..At this time we are monitoring the weather closely. Unfortunately, there are homes in Bridge City and Vidor that are currently taking on water. Below is a list of current areas, and roadways that are covered & or

A Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputy has been terminated for domestic abuse, authorities said.Spokeswoman Kim Myers said Lake Charles police arrested Deputy Louis Boling at his home around noon Monday for domestic abuse battery.Boling worked as correctional officer for 12 years before being terminate

A multi-vehicle crash including an 18-wheeler on Texas 87 in Orange County has caused the highway to close traffic flow both north and southbound Tuesday, June 19, 2018.Photos provided by Eric Williams

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) -Authorities said a Louisiana deputy accused of domestic abuse has been terminated.Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Lake Charles police arrested Louis Boling at his home on Monday on a charge of domestic abuse battery. It's unclear if he has a lawye

**Embargo: New Orleans, Louisiana** Louisiana State Police Troopers detained 25 illegal immigrants, including two children, after interrupting a human trafficking operation on I-10.

A Louisiana couple was arrested after traffic stops between Sulpur and Westlake, LA on Thursday, June 14, 2018.

On the evening of June 14, 2018, a Trooper assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop D observed the driver of a sport utility vehicle commit a traffic violation on I-10 Eastbound between Sulphur and Westlake. At about the same time, a different Trooper in the area observed another sport utility vehi

A Lake Charles man was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on two counts of attempted first-degree rape.Richard Wayne Barras, 31, was arrested on May 25 after a joint investigation by the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Lake Charles Police Department.Last month, sheriff’s deputies responded

PRESS RELEASE — On Friday, June 8, 2018 at approximately 825pm, Officers with the Lake Charles Police Department responded to a residence in the 2700blk of Guy Street for a shooting. Upon arrival Officers located a 73 year old male, with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers learned that 3 subjects ente

An SUV hydroplaned on a wet road colliding with an oncoming sedan shortly before 11 a.m.Beaumont Police Department confirms that a major automobile collision occurred on the 2500 block of E. Lucas Dr. in Beaumont shortly before 11 a.m.A white Toyota Sequoia was traveling westbound at a high rate of

PORT ARTHUR —BREAKING NEWS PICTURE FROM SCENE: Major accident at about 3 p.m. in the 1200 block of Highway 73 West in Port Arthur near the Savannah Avenue exit.A witness told our 6 Shooter L.D. Ray the driver of a car was unable to slow down and ran into the back of a truck.The driver of the car was

Charges against a second person, Davon Warren, are pending. Warren faces unrelated drug and weapon charges stemming from a traffic stop in Scott shortly after the slaying.