07/15/11 A deputy arrested a Cypress man, 45, at 2:22 a.m. July 5 in the area of Lake Conroe Hills Drive and Ridgecrest Drive on a burglary warrant out of Louisiana. The deputy was investigating a prowler call
07/12/11 The Calcasieu Parish School Board voted on Tuesday to expand a school lunch consolidation experiment, adding Washington-Marion High School to a list of "mother schools" that prepare lunches for other schools within the district.
07/09/11 The Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club of Louisiana VIII is holding a benefit ride at the Lake Charles Civic Center on Saturday to raise funds for Millennium Park.
06/13/11 Arnold Lee, Former Navy Seal, looks at his medals from the years he served in the military at his home in Groves. Morgan Jones
06/03/11 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's corrections secretary has sent a memo to wardens at five state prisons, ordering them to prepare for layoffs next month to shut down the facilities, in case the Senate agrees to budget cuts proposed by the House. Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc, an appointee of the governor, sent the layoff timeline to wardens this week, blaming a proposed $27.5 million ...
06/01/11 C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center in DeQuincy is facing a major budget cut, and the possibility of closure with House Bill 1 before the Louisiana Legislature.
05/31/11 Officials at Phelps Correctional Center in DeQuincy say proposed budget cuts by the Louisiana House of Representatives and those recommended by the Division of Administration could ultimately lead to closure of the facility.
05/24/11 The amendment approved by the Louisiana House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that strips the revenue from the proposed sales of three state correctional facilities from House Bill 1 would have a significant impact on public safety, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary James Le Blanc said.
04/29/11 SULPHUR-The Sam Houston Lady Broncos have some unfinished business this year at the LHSAA Fast Pitch 56 state softball tournament.
04/24/11 Results from Wednesday's District 4-1A and 5-B Track Meets. The top four finishers advance to the regional track meets with the fifth place finishers serving as the alternate.
04/19/11 The Louisiana National Guard, 3-156 Foxtrot of Dequincy, made a special visit to the kindergarten classes at E.K.Key Elementary as their first assignment in Operation Sunshine. Operation Sunshine is a Louisiana National Guard reach out program directed at Louisiana school children. E. K. Key is the first of a number of schools in the area that will be visited in the next few weeks.
04/17/11 A southwestern Louisiana emergency director said it's becoming increasingly difficult to find volunteer firefighters. Dick Gremillion is the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury's director of homeland security and emergency preparedness.
04/15/11 A DeQuincy man has been arrested after an investigation by the Louisiana State Police and the DeQuincy Police Department found he attempted, on several occasions, to obtain more ephedrine/pseudoephedrine than allowed by state and Federal law.
04/15/11 The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Training Academy graduated dozens of cadets at their 100th Basic Law Enforcement Graduation Ceremony on Tuesday morning.
03/28/11 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The governing body of Louisiana high school sports says DeQuincy High School must forfeit football, basketball and baseball games because of academic violations.
03/28/11 Published: Mar 28, 2011 - UPDATED: 12:28 p.m. The governing body of Louisiana high school sports says DeQuincy High School must forfeit football, basketball and baseball games because of academic violations.
03/27/11 LAKE CHARLES, La. - What do you call a pairing of boudin and Dr Pepper? Cajun breakfast. Lane Sonnier, who owns Sonnier's Sausage & Boudin in Lake Charles, laughs when I share that story, relayed to me two days earlier in Lafayette.
03/01/11 David Wallace, defense attorney for Terry L. Clarkson, asked for a mistrial after an emotional answer from Estelle Mayeux Biven on Monday afternoon. Biven is the daughter of John H. "Jack" Mayeux, who was murdered at his Ragley home on October 9, 2007.
01/19/11 The Louisiana State Police said James Barrow and Michael Smith Jr. are accused of stealing a backpack from a man Sunday. Barrow is the son of state Representative Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge.
01/11/11 n Stephen James Bihm, 35, 1048 Samuel Drive, Lot 32, Opelousas, violation of a protective order. n Amanda Marie Figueron, 33, 411 E. Landry St., Opelousas, drug court violation. |