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Former deputy David Monceaux has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing young girls.

A Lake Charles woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 90, east of PPG Drive around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

A shooting at an apartment complex on Fifth Avenue Thursday evening resulted in the death of a teenager, authorities with the Lake Charles Police Department said.

A missing 74-year-old man has been located, Calcasieu authorities said.

More than a dozen C-130Js landed at Chennault International Airport Thursday for a training exercise.

Early voting for the April 24 municipal primary election will begin Saturday, April 10, and continue through Saturday, April 17.

Authorities are asking anyone knowing the whereabouts of a Vinton man not seen since March 20 to contact the Vinton Police Department.

List of COVID-19 vaccination locations in Southwest Louisiana.

The municipal primary election is Saturday, April 24.

A 25-year-old Sulphur man was injured when shots were fired from another vehicle as both traveled westbound on I-10 Monday evening, authorities said.

A police chase involving a stolen vehicle Tuesday ended in a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Shattuck and Belden streets, authorities say.

One person was killed in a two-vehicle fatal crash near Vinton Monday afternoon.

Louisiana residents living in 337 and 504 area codes will soon have to dial 10 digits when making all phone calls.

A man accused of stabbing another man at a gas station on Gerstner Memorial Boulevard in January has been indicted.

A food giveaway is currently underway at Philadelphia Church of God in Christ on Evans Street.

The man arrested following a chase that ended in a crash in Sulphur Tuesday had a warrant out of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana State Police officials said.

A police chase that crossed over from Texas to Louisiana Tuesday afternoon ended in Vinton, authorities said.

Accident on 210 East near Enterprise.

One person is dead following a stabbing on 8th Street Monday evening, authorities said.

The identity of the man found in the water at the Civic Center Monday afternoon has been released.

Beauregard Parish is expected to complete debris pickup from hurricanes Laura and Delta by Friday, April 12, the parish has announced.

The Lake Charles Police Department is investigating after a body was found in the water near the Civic Center Monday.

Authorities have released a video of the theft in the hopes of identifying the people involved in the theft of the truck.

Two people from Leesville are accused of setting fires to their neighbors’ property in an effort to eliminate snakes.

Two Texas residents have been arrested in connection with a 14-year-old runaway, whom authorities say was brought to Texas for sexual purposes.

The accident happened as Kristopher J. Lalonde, 47, of Groves, Texas, was running from Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies, Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kayla Vincent said last week.

A Westlake man has been indicted on charges of rape and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles.

A Leesville man is accused of accepting $3,250 in payment for work he did not do, Beauregard authorities said.

Tuesday marked one year since the first death from COVID-19 was reported in Southwest Louisiana.

The list of essential workers eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Louisiana expanded on Monday, March 22.