calcasieu parish

S.J Welsh 8th grader, Austin Dellafosse, got to make a special appearance on the Steve Harvey Show

Today until 1 p.m. seniors 60+ are invited to a free Christmas party complete with breakfast, lunch, live music and prizes at the Lake Charles Civic Center.

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, a traffic signal will be removed from La 1138-2, Prien Lake Road at Holly Hill Road, due to road construction.

Louisiana State Police Troop D and the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office will conduct a seatbelt and sobriety checkpoint's on Thursday and Friday in Calcasieu Parish.

Once again, a routine traffic stop has led to the arrest of a wanted person. In this instance, the wanted person turned out to be an unregistered sex offender from Lake Charles.

Voters in Calcasieu Parish have approved a sales tax to fund raises for school board employees. Educators have not had a pay raise since 2005 and it is hoped that the raise will attract more good teachers to the area.

Voters in Calcasieu Parish have a very important proposal to consider at the polls and that proposal involves teacher pay raises. There's a subject that has been a hot issue for years now and this is our chance to make our wished known regarding education.

Once again, drunk driving has claimed a life in Calcasieu Parish. The overnight crash resulted in the death of a passenger who was not wearing any restraint. The driver in the crash was arrested on the scene for drunk driving.

Has your pet been vaccinated? Does it have tags?  If not, here's a real quick, convenient way to get that chore handled. Coming up, Animal Services will have not one, but two drive -thru rabies clinics coming up. You can get your pets vaccinated and, if you wish, have them chipped as well with one stop.

Progress has it's price and quite often that price consists of construction tie-ups and delays Here a few areas to watch for just such delays.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office is making our community safer with DWI checkpoints. This past Friday deputies checked over seven hundred vehicles in Westlake. Here are the results.

It seems that Common Core is going to happen whether if we want it or not. The Calcasieu parish School board is launching a web site to help students with Common Core homework.