LAKE CHARLES - This city tallied its losses from one of the worst floods in its history on Tuesday after powerful thunderstorms dumped up to 18 inches of rain over a short period in some areas,. (AP) The Lake Charles city council has approved $3.1 million in improvements to the city's drainage system, which came under heavy pressure in recent years during repeated heavy rains, including two hurricanes. A Lake Charles man was convicted Friday of rape after sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl who was a . The Lake Charles metropolitan area still has lots of catching up to do, which accounts for much of the dramatic growth projected. This high-energy event attracts sports enthusiasts from all over, and it is a great privilege for Lake Charles to host it for another three years. Anthony Shawn Primeaux, 40, Moss Bluff: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. LAKE CHARLES, La. The law firm has defended its actions by saying it is helping storm victims attain insurance proceeds and recover. (AP) Three Gulf Coast states are getting $1.9 billion in federal grants to help recover from hurricanes and floods over the past two years and become more resilient to climate change, the U.S. LAKE CHARLES, La. An analysis published in April in the New York Times using postal service data showed Lake Charles with the largest net population loss among more than 900 U.S. metro areas in 2020, with a 6.7% drop. "Steady to rapid strengthening" is expected in the Gulf until the storm makes landfall. The event will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lake Charles Civic Center Amphitheatre. Louisiana State Police launch new tool to receive community feedback on their service, Barbe High orchestra plays at Lake Charles Airport, Lake Charles residents concerned about cracked pavement, New urgent care opens across from McNeese campus Monday, ExxonMobil faces racial discrimination lawsuit, Lost hiker rescued in Kisatchie National Forest, Lineup announced for Live @ the Lakefront 2023, Emails show governors Europe trip raised staffing, itinerary questions. They invited us caroling, Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) -The frontal passage last night has brought drier air and a decrease in temperatures to the region, with temps this morning in the low 60s and upper 50s. Check out more of today's top headlines at www.kplctv.com KPLC 7 News reserves the right to delete posts and ban users at any time for any reason. Vehicle traffic will not be affected. Then in May, a historic downpour swamped drainage systems and again flooded houses, with some people having to be rescued by boat. LAKE CHARLES, La. She lives in a FEMA trailer out back, her home in shambles after hurricanes tore through Lake Charles. Apex has denied any wrongdoing. (AP) A Louisiana appeals court has upheld a man's attempted murder conviction for stabbing a stranger who threw a beer can at him during an argument outside a truck stop casino. The new cost of insulin could be beneficial for millions of Americans on Medicare, thanks to President Joe Bidens historic Inflation Reduction Act. 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Heavy thunderstorms inundated streets, stranded residents and flooded hundreds of homes in Lake Charles and other parts of southwest Louisiana on Monday, leaving officials stunned at the prospect . The pavement over a culvert in a ditch at Country Club Road and Pecan Acres Drive is cracked. But with a heaviness in his voice, he added: This was a hard one. But he is at least providing a home for someone. Bossier Parish Sheriff's detectives said the suspects, all from Lake Charles, Louisiana, agreed to give the man who is from Sulphur a ride on Wednesday to Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center in Minden to retrieve a stimulus check that was mailed there after his release from the facility. There have been flashes of hope, including when President Joe Biden visited in May, but an actual federal aid package is still frustratingly out of reach. A Houston law firm has faced intense scrutiny in court over the hundreds of insurance claims it has filed in Louisiana following Hurricanes Laura and Ida. Zone Forecast Product. Democrat Dustin Granger is pitted against Republican State Rep. Scott McKnight. Government employment has also helped offset the loss. It all occurred in the midst of the pandemic, which drove up costs for rebuilding materials and limited the arrival of volunteers, among a litany of other complications. breaking news: murder in moss bluff Calcasieu Parish Sheriff deputies responded to 929 Sam Houston Jones Parkway around midnight after a man called 911 and said he killed his wife. Some call it a warning to other areas of the state hit by hurricanes. Compare headlines and media bias behind news outlets on stories breaking today. This week the City of Lake Charles unveiled a brand new basketball court with a little help from an NBA team. I cant explain why its okay. DEQUINCY - Sitting in Jerry Jones living room on a cold January morning, you can see your breath evaporate in wisps of fog. Louisiana newspapers include the Bogalusa Daily News, Southwest Daily News, LObservateur in LaPlace and, as of October, the Leesville Leader and Beauregard News. Construction crews are beginning to get to work. The Louisiana State Police have implemented a new tool for the community to be able to share their experiences of interacting with the department. Winner the site showed. Schools recently reopened after the summer break and the district is still trying to come up with an accurate count. 329 AM CST Fri Mar 3 2023. Northrop Grumman spokesman Jared Krull said the company notified the employees Tuesday that May 5 will be their last day, KPLC-TV reported. The building was constructed to greatly expand Sowelas hospitality programs and educate hospitality workers throughout the state as that sector of jobs is expected to increase in Louisiana by 14.9% by 2026 according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The project is expected to last about four weeks. Get this Lake Charles American-Press page for free from Sunday, April 1, 1962 CHAftLEB, LA., StJMDAT, APRIL 1, M PAGES tlnfQ. We ask our fans and friends to be civil and respectful of oth See more 211,215 people like this 273,246 people follow this http://www.kplctv.com/ news@kplctv.com TV channel The City of Lake Charles partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana and the Pelicans to make this dream a reality. Some are fast food, others are long-time staples, and quite a few are newcomers vying for their spot in the mix. BATON ROUGE, La. Gibbens agreed. 7 News delivers local news coverage of Lake Charles and the rest of southwest Louisiana. We find out who's responsible for repairs. They also publish the. (AP) A $90,000 jackpot won by someone who played the Louisiana Lottery's Easy 5 game in December remains unclaimed, lottery officials said. By Devon Distefano. It was in the midst of World War II that Thomas B. Shearman Sr., on Dec. 21, 1943, purchased the newspaper, four months after Beattys death. Laura was the joint-strongest . The American Press reports that Lake Charles City Council members voted 6-0 Wednesday for the borrowing, which will be repaid over 10 years with a 1.9% interest rate. Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for March 1, 2023. Whats more, Gibbens admitted that in a number of cases, Apex didnt do the work, after being asked by North whether a client whose case came to the firm through its arrangement with Apex had actually gotten her roof fixed, a question the defense attorney couldnt answer. The firms newly hired counsel, criminal defense attorney William Gibbens, said they were no longer working with Velawcity. LAKE CHARLES, La. Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La., 1881-1898: 832: 1881-07-09: 1897-06-12: Yes: Louisiana: The Lake Charles echo. Paige Saunders was last seen in the Leesville area. A cyclist pedals by a pile of debris outside the Sears Outlet store Wednesday, August 25, 2021, nearly one year after Hurricane Laura passed through, in Lake Charles, La. Is it overplaying its hand? (AP) Construction of a new artificial reef off the coast of a southwest Louisiana city has been completed. Donovan Oday and Dionjahe Thomas came up with perhaps their best performances. A visit by Gov. His opinions were always well written, said Charles Riddle III, district attorney for Avoyelles Parish, part of the Supreme Court district that Watson served. But after an onslaught of natural disasters in the fall of 2020 and early 2021, the citys federal, LAKE CHARLES Gus Rodrigue, director of the food pantry at Glad Tidings Church, opens the lid of a freezer in the storage area of the small one-story building. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Imagine learning you won a brand new home in a raffle, then learning it wasnt true. United Cajun Navy and community partners will organize a Search for Millard. On Thursday, U.S. Eastern District Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown ordered all of the firms cases in her district to be put on hold pending review. Stay informed and read the latest news today from The Associated Press, the definitive source for independent journalism from every corner of the globe. Please note tickets will not be sold at the door. Attorneys in Louisiana arent allowed to reach out to prospective clients to solicit employment. The Capital One Tower, which is still boarded up due to storm damage, is pictured in the background. Prices on building materials have skyrocketed! He has begun renting out the house where he was doing air-conditioning work earlier this week, making it an outlier on a block where many homes still sit damaged and vacant. A new urgent care and student health center is opening in Lake Charles Monday. Eight years later, Beatty moved the paper to a brick building on the 300 block of Broad Street now the location of the Lake Charles Childrens Museum where it was headquartered for the next 34 years. The Department of Health filed reports on Feb. 17, Feb. 22, and Feb. 28, based on inspections at Toddler Town. The event will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lake Charles Civic Center Amphitheatre. Don't miss the 9th Annual Red Carpet Affair this Saturday, March 4, presented by the local non-profit Light of Perfection in Lake Charles! . The Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers Project, a program funded by the National Digital Newspaper Program and administered by the LSU Libraries between 2009 and 2015, digitized issues from 128 Louisiana newspaper titles dating from between 1836 and 1922 for the Library of Congress's Chronicling America database. Dr. Seuss was on display. Adrian Perkins, the mayor of Shreveport in northwest Louisiana, and Nic Hunter, the mayor of Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana are vying to see which city can achieve the higher increase in first-dose vaccinations. A Louisiana rural utility is spending big on a storm-resilient grid. (AP) U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday visited Lake Charles, Louisiana, to highlight federally-funded infrastructure investments that include a $150 million grant to help replace a 70-year-old bridge that's a key route between the state and Texas. Texas law firms actions in Louisiana under more scrutiny in federal court. TXZ180-032215-. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The Louisiana State Police have implemented a new tool for the community to be able to share their experiences of interacting with the department. By 1912, the newspaper shortened its name, removing Daily and the hyphen from its masthead. Obituaries Clodile Romero Jr. Clodile Romero Jr. was born Oct. 2, 1934, in Lake Charles, and was a life long resident of . The hiker was identified as J .Devaraj, 23, from New York. Theres just something wrong with it.. Plan to replace pistol bridge in Lake Charles awarded $150 million federal grant, Houston firm accused of forgery in Lake Charles hurricane insurance lawsuits. National Weather Service Lake Charles LA. (KPLC) - A new urgent care and student health center is opening in Lake Charles Monday. The pavement over a culvert in a ditch at Country Club Road and Pecan Acres Drive is cracked. Thats a violation of Louisiana law, North said. John Bel Edwards and FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell to Lake Charles on Thursday to mark the anniversary was overshadowed by new storm warnings. 1 Lafayette Christian (28-1) in the Division II select final at 2 p.m. No. Theres still a tremendous need out there, one official says. Covering Louisiana. Construction for the new $10.8 million building began in 2021 with the facility completed earlier this year. Authorities will not say why they were responding or what they were investigating. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce at 5 p.m. Sunday at Legacy Center. The law firms counsel conceded to a number of issues North found with its handling of clients and their cases, including a litany of problems around McClennys arrangement with Alabama-based Apex Roofing and Restoration. He would form a partnership with Guy Beatty the next year, creating Press Publishing Co. Tyler-. Life is complicated in the Lake Charles area these days, from mundane concerns about finding a place to grab lunch to more serious challenges, such as a dearth of grocery stores and affordable housing. A clinic is going full steam ahead, treating three times as many people as it did before. About a week after a man disappeared, the Baton Rouge Police Department continues to ask the public for help locating him, as new evidence has surfaced in the case. LAKE CHARLES Southwest Louisiana is likely to strengthen its position as one of the worlds major exporters of liquified natural gas in the months and years ahead, partly due to Russias inv. LAKE CHARLES: A sea of blue tarps, most likely covering roof damage caused weeks ago by Hurricane Laura are seen in . ), Pictorial works Date created ms 1942-07 Abstract Newspaper photographs and captions about recruitment drives and training at the Lake Charles Army Flying school, later known as Chennault Air Force Base. Lavar Javol Myles, 33, 2809 Cline St. simple burglary. Already a modern daily in operation, it has one of the brightest futures of any paper in the South because of the prospective growth of this city. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office reported the following arrests:. Warmer temperatures and humidity will return by the start of next week. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a Black employee at Exxons chemical plant found a noose at his worksite in January 2020. |. The firm is also faced with a cease-and-desist letter issued by the state insurance commissioner, ordering it to stop signing up clients through Apex Roofing and sending demand letters to insurance companies on their behalf. The oldest member of the Southwest Louisiana Chamber of Commerce, the newspapers earliest roots can be traced to August of 1893 when Joseph F. Reed created a weekly publication in Lake Charles. BATON ROUGE, La. The New Orleans Pelicans provided funding for the court as part of the NBA's Slam Dunk Project. (AP) Jack Crozier Watson, who was a Louisiana Supreme Court justice from 1979 through 1996, has died at the age of 93. This week the City of Lake Charles unveiled a brand new basketball court with a little help from an NBA team. (AP) Louisiana Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson, who is considered a possible Democratic gubernatorial candidate, informed Gov. KPLC brings you the latest weather, news, and sports in Southwest Louisiana. City's biggest office tower has served as an imposing reminder of Hurricane Laura's devastation. Steven Howard Budwine, 43, 1437 Tasca St. possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of domestic abuse battery and certain offense of battery of dating partner; two counts possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles; possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies. A construction fence surrounds the damaged and uninhabited Suffolk Manor apartment complex Wednesday, August 25, 2021, nearly one year after Hurricane Laura passed through, in Lake Charles, La. (AP) Attracting and retaining employees has become a priority amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP) At least one person has been arrested after more than 175 bronze vases were stolen off graves in two southwest Louisiana cemeteries.