LSU is one win away from its third sweep in four Southeastern Conference series. The Tigers got another strong pitching performance and the bats came alive Friday to hammer Oklahoma 10-2, clinching ...

Multiple bouts of severe thunderstorms with hail, winds and tornadoes could strike Southwest Louisiana this weekend. “I know there’s a lot of festivals and events happening across the region this ...

Nancy Shepard Draughn, 87, died serenely on Sunday, March 30 in Ann Arbor, Mich. with the entirety of her devoted family at ...

As expected, McNeese State starting point guard Quadir Copeland announced Thursday he was entering the transfer portal. ...

The Louisiana Railroad Days Festival prides itself on being a free festival that is family oriented and allows no alcohol.

Special to the American Press The Lake Charles Little Theatre dishes dark family comedy — and spills major tea doing it — in “Crimes of the Heart,” onstage Friday through Sunday. The play is a ...

Frances Valerie Murray, 86, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2025 in a local hospice. She was a native of Baytown, Texas and ...

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Ericka Sherlet Goodner, 45, 4247 5th Ave. No. 200 — ...

Mymae Marie Savoie, 85, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2025, in Lake Charles, La. She was born and raised in Creole, La., ...

A pair of sophomore pitchers locked into a pitchers’ duel in a one-run District 3-5A game Saturday as Barbe escaped with a ...

Jennings voters re-elected Henry Guinn to a third term as the city’s mayor Saturday, while unseating two councilmen and ...

Ward Four Recreation District One embarked on a mission to bring a new waterpark to Westlake and the surrounding area in ...