As the Lake Charles reporter for The Advocate, I am excited to cover stories in the southwest Louisiana community. I'll be working with investigative reporter Megan Wyatt, who will be seeking out ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Local Family Physician Dr. Donald Higgins says vaccines and immunizations continue to be an important part of medicine. Higgins spoke with 7NEWS after the Louisiana ...

According to the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, agriculture had the leading number ...

Louisiana is leading the way in carbon sequestration, but could shifting federal priorities threaten the industry’s future?

Special to the American Press The McNeese State University men’s and women’s rodeo teams enter the spring 2025 season both ...

Christian Shumate came to McNeese in search of playing time and found himself the cornerstone to a basketball revival and ...

One person is dead and another is in custody after an incident at an apartment in Lake Charles Friday. Lake Charles police ...

DOTD and the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury announce two separate road closures in the Lake area starting Monday, Feb. 17.

Night - Scattered showers with a 77% chance of precipitation. Winds from N to NNW at 9 to 17 mph (14.5 to 27.4 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 46 °F ...

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Clermont Police Chief Charles Broadway to the state's new Board of Immigration ...

Charles Bender Performing Arts Center, 611 Higgins St., Humble Megaton Brewery, 808 Russell Palmer Road, Kingwood ...