Lake Charles News

Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara allegedly murdered a 26-year-old woman in the presence of her four-year-old stepson in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 2008.

When temperatures soar, you hear the warnings about staying hydrated and cool to prevent heat illnesses.

Located off Interstate 210, this hotel is 1 mile from Prien Lake Mall. It features an indoor pool and hot tub, a daily continental breakfast and a fitness room.

Lake Charles police are assisting in the search of a missing elderly man from Lake Charles.

A group dedicated to providing guidance and mentorship to local girls celebrated their first community service project on Tuesday afternoon in Lake Charles.

When you are sick or injured the last thing you want to do when you get to an emergency room is wait for hours.

Louisiana lawmakers are proposing eight new changes to the state constitution following their regular session, including new protections from steep budget cuts for certain health care providers.

Josh Wolf started doing comedy in Seattle 12 years ago. After moving to Los Angeles, his unique, honest and high energy style of storytelling made him an instant favorite at The Impov, The Laugh Factory and The World Famous Comedy Store.

The Lake Charles Police Department has made an arrest in a 1991 sexual assault case, according to a news release from the department.

A suspect in the brutal murder of a Lake Charles woman has been named to the FBI's 10 "Most Wanted" List.

Michael Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's New Orleans Office, today announces the addition of Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list.

The FBI has added two people to its list of most-wanted fugitives: a Mexican labourer accused of killing a woman in Louisiana and a former US The FBI is offering US$100,000 for information leading to the arrests of the men, who are the 499th and 500th fugitives to be featured on the Ten Most Wanted list.

Day vet, police juror HAYNESVILLE - Services for D-Day veteran and long-time police juror Jack Price will be Tuesday.

An unidentified girl, foot bandaged, is carried from a Coast Guard boat to an ambulance as the first group of survivors from nearly destroyed Gulf coast town of Cameron docked in Lake Charles yesterday morning.

Houston Pastor Charles Gilford , 58 and his wife Adriane , 53, were arrested and charged with bilking their former congregation out of $430,000 in church funds and using them for gambling trips to Louisiana, according to KHOU News .

Pity the hapless members of the LSU Board of Supervisors . They are esteemed members of their professions and respected in their communities.

The commission has given approval for 3,976 employees, 2,771 of whom are classified state Civil Service, to receive pink slips effective "at the end of business June 23." This is part of the state's privatization of those hospitals, and it's expected that most of these employees will be rehired by the partners who are taking over the operations.

She doesn't allow crying in her studio, you know if you cry you're out the door," said dancer Kristen Hannaman.

There's a lot going on in and around Southwest Louisiana this weekend. Events include Juneteenth 2013, a homeownership expo and technology classes for senior citizens in Lake Charles.

Capt. Gary Harp has been on a red-hot speckled trout bite in the waters of the Timbalier Basin.