The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Madison Claire Oquain, 21, 3902 Sarah Drive — simple ...

Two people were killed in a shooting at a Target store in Austin, Texas, on Monday and a suspect has been detained, police ...

An explosion Monday at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh has left people trapped under the rubble, with emergency workers on ...

Tropical Storm Erin formed Monday in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, just west of the Cabo Verde Islands, as Hurricane Henriette strengthened in the Pacific Ocean well away from Hawaii, ...

President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington including deployment of the ...

The Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office has significant concerns regarding the proposed rededication of an existing half-cent sales tax to fund the parish’s new $2.1 million animal shelter. Last month, ...

The director of Calcasieu Parish Public Safety Communications District 24, Richard McGuire, gave an update on the emergency 911 services at Thursday’s Calcasieu Parish Police Jury meeting ...

The westbound lane of Kirby Street — between Ryan and Hodges streets — is closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for sidewalk repairs and improvements. A lane shift into the eastbound lane ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that’s more sweeping than ...

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter ...

When Waste Management’s new state-of-the art landfill in Walker opened in November of 1987 it was touted to be more advanced ...

The following menus for Aug. 11-15 for area schools have been submitted by supervisors of food services. Menus are subject to ...