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Jennings man arrested in connection with cruelty to, theft from elderly man
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with alleged cruelty to and theft from an elderly man in Jennings.
State police investigating possible misappropriation of funds in Cameron Parish
El Paso police are investigating a homicide near Fort Bliss, a Texas military base, and the victim’s family said he is a ...
St. Louis Catholic’s Halee Jackson signs for track & field at Northwestern State
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US Postal Service seeks to hike cost of a first-class stamp to 78 cents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a rate increase this summer that includes hiking the cost of a ...
New DNA tech leads to Lake Charles man’s rape conviction decades after case went cold
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A Lake Charles man has been found guilty of raping a woman nearly 40 years ago. “Daddy, I just got ...
Six months after mother, daughter killed in Vernon Parish, investigators still searching for answers
HORNBECK, La. (KPLC) - This week marks six months since a mother and daughter were found dead in their home in a small Vernon ...
Man killed in El Paso is SWLA native, family says
El Paso police are investigating a homicide near Fort Bliss, a Texas military base, and a Southwest Louisiana family ...
Hometown Hero: Billy Howell
“Daddy, I just got raped.” Prosecutors say those are the words a 23-year-old Lake Charles woman told her father on the phone after being brutally attacked in her apartment in 1988. A second suspect ...
Governor would appoint two members to expanded La. Public Service Commission under proposal
Lawmakers are considering a bill to let the governor appoint two members to the Louisiana Public Service Commission, ...
First Alert Forecast: Rinse and repeat, checking out how long our beautiful weather sticks around
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Let’s rinse and repeat and do it all over again as we track plenty of sunshine and warm afternoons ...
SWLA therapist explains how autism and occupational therapy can work hand in hand
KPLC brings you the latest weather, news, and sports in Southwest Louisiana. “Daddy, I just got raped.” Prosecutors say those ...
Oberlin High School student accused of making threat; parents question if proper protocol was followed
Some parents of students at Oberlin High School are raising concerns about the way staff handled an alleged school threat.