Special to the American Press Today, Gov. Jeff Landry announced Chennault International Airport was awarded $20,894,692.02 by the Federal Emergency Management Administration. This will be used to ...

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Paul Joseph Fore, 45, 215 Ponderosa Road, Westlake — ...

By Scooter Hobbs American Press After weeks of rumors, innuendo and speculation, the Lane Train flew to LSU Sunday. The ...

The 2025 prep football season came to an end for four Southwest Louisiana teams, including a pair of heartbreaking overtime losses for Kinder and Lake Charles College Prep in the quarterfinals. In Non ...

Southwest Louisiana is expected to experience “a signficant change” in wether patterns this weekend, shifting from warm and dry weather to wet and cold. The National Weather Service’s Lake Charles ...

Culture changed, but work remains A year ago, the Cowboys finished the season 6-6, and you had the feeling they were going nowhere fast. This fall, McNeese State was just 5-7, but there was progress.

The second annual Creole Christmas Market will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the West Cal Event Center in Sulphur with ...

Iowa, Kinder and Hamilton Christian hope to enjoy a little more than a Thanksgiving feast this week. It has been a dream season for the undefeated trio, and Friday brings another chance to keep the ...

Barbe heads to North Louisiana today for a third consecutive week, looking to upset another state power, while Lake Charles College Prep will use its ever-growing list of offensive weapons to extend ...

Special to the American Press Jonathan Darbonne’s welding journey didn’t just begin with a spark — it began with purpose.

Timothy Newsome looked at the strands of lights, stacks of candy canes and multitude of character figurines and felt a familiar wave of melancholy wash over him. Just two years ago, this task would ...