Friday, May 24 2013 8:43 PM EDT2013-05-25 00:43:00 GMT
The Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for a bank robbery suspect. The Vernon Bank branch on Colony Boulevard in New Llano was robbed Thursday afternoon. Investigators say a black male subjectMore >>
The Vernon Bank branch on Colony Boulevard in New Llano was robbed Thursday afternoon.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:33 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:33:22 GMT
A kindergartner at T.S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School in Lake Charles read 875 books in one school year. Sophia Moss is 5-years-old and she loves to read. "A lot of the days I read books. It's justMore >>
Sophia loves to read. She even wrote her own book and did her book report on it! And even though she's just beginning her academic career, it's only the beginning of her story.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:24:38 GMT
Southwest Louisiana is doing its part in the Oklahoma tornado recovery effort. In Westlake, people from all over Southwest Louisiana donated items for the tornado victims. It all started with one manMore >>
Southwest Louisiana is doing its part in the Oklahoma tornado recovery effort.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 5:51 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:51:00 GMT
The following are closures and changes in garbage collection schedules in Southwest Louisiana related to the Memorial Day holiday: Lake Charles: The City of Lake Charles will observe the Memorial DayMore >>
The following are closures and changes in garbage collection schedules in Southwest Louisiana related to the Memorial Day holiday:More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 5:08 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:08:04 GMT
A 21-year-old Eunice man was arrested early Friday and charged with attempted second-degree murder in connection with a Sunday evening disturbance at a convenience store in Branch where a man was shot. AccordingMore >>
A 21-year-old Eunice man was arrested early Friday and charged with attempted second-degree murder in connection with a Sunday evening disturbance at a convenience store in Branch where a man was shot.More >>
MOSS BLUFF, LA(KPLC) - Keith Waddell of Moss Bluff knows what hard work, dedication and commitment mean to his job. Not just as Commander of the 139th Support Group for the Louisiana National Guard, but also as an educator in Calcasieu Parish. Waddell served in Iraq in 07 and 08 in Baghdad...making a neighborhood safe from insurgents.
"A large part of our work took part in Sadr City," said Waddell. "While we were there, we constructed the wall that separated the market from Sadr City as an initiative to get them economy going again."
It wasn't always easy.
"You're in a combat situation. We did have some of our vehicles that were hit by IEDs and EFPs. There's always a lot of concern with that. We lost one soldier when I was there, my new Sgt. Terrell Gilmore. We had several injured along the way."
Waddell says the things he learned in the military translate well into his current job as coach and teacher at Sam Houston High.
"Those values I learned from my parents and from the military I think have given me everything I have. I'm just trying to pass it on. I know I'm at a very influential point as a teacher and a coach."
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