Irvin Lee Nugent Sr., 81, passed away peacefully on Sept. 2, 2026. He was born in Lake Charles, La., on Apr. 15, 1945, to Leo Henry and Curley Marie Nugent. Irvin proudly served in the Marine Corps ...

Arthur Lee Harmon, 83, of Lake Charles, departed this earthly life on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. He was born Sept. 15, 1942, to Joshua and Cinderella (Poullard) Harmon in Kinder, La. Visitation will be ...

Kerry Onxley is steering a packed schedule this season as he oversees upcoming spring productions for two separate theater groups. Balancing both community youth and high school talent, Onxley’s ...

An Oakdale police officer has been arrested following a state investigation into allegations of corruption, sexual misconduct and evidence planting. On Aug. 31, the Louisiana State Police Criminal ...

The Jeff Davis Parish School Board closed the 2025-26 fiscal year with an anticipated general fund surplus of approximately $1 million, despite declining student enrollment and rising insurance costs.

A survey of 1,046 Louisiana residents by two well-respected organizations found that political polarization that is so bad at the national level isn’t quite that bad in Louisiana. The 2026 Louisiana ...

Louisiana’s leisure and hospitality industry is thriving, drawing in 45 million domestic and international travelers in 2025. This steady growth — up from 44.5 million in 2024 — signals a complete ...

When members of political parties don’t like one another, they become politically polarized. So how do Louisiana Republicans feel about Democrats and vice versa? Political polarization divides ...

The Louisiana Small Business Development Center is the state’s largest, federally and state-funded resource for entrepreneurs, providing no-cost, confidential business consulting and specialized ...

This is a joke, right? We’re talking about LSU’s budding crisis with the No. 5, a catastrophe that is threatening to … to do something or another, although no one seems to be sure what. But it ...

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. The devices are known as G.L.O.V.E ...

Calcasieu Parish welcomed 7.5 million visitors in 2025, an increase of 6.7% from 2023, according to the 2025 Travel USA Report from Longwoods International, a recognized authority in travel and ...