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Incumbent Butch Lafargue has retained his District 11 seat on the Jeff Davis Police Jury following a recount Thursday morning.

Jim Jacobsen has officially requested a recount in the race for Beauregard sheriff, Clerk of Court Brian Lestage confirms.

Calcasieu Police Juror Shelly Mayo has requested a recount of Saturday’s election.

Tony Mancuso has been elected to a fourth term as sheriff of Calcasieu Parish.

If you’re attending the Trump rally at the Civic Center, here are a few things you need to know.

A Starks man accused of having sex with a teenager has been indicted on a sex charge.

A fire at a warehouse at the intersection of Broad and Egret streets has been extinguished, officials with the Lake Charles Fire Department said.

A Miami man accused of raping a woman at a 6th Avenue home has been indicted on a charge of first-degree rape.

Lake Charles police are investigating a shooting at an apartment complex on 5th Avenue.

Several Louisiana lawmakers have released statements following Pelosi’s announcement.

Murder in the Bayou, the five-part docu-series on the Jeff Davis 8, premieres Friday on ShowTime.

No injuries were reported, according to Lt. Larry Moss, Lake Charles Police Department spokesman.

Deismond Derral Simmons, 31, is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl on Dec. 6, 2018. He was arrested the same day.

A Lake Charles man accused of raping a 9-year-old girl was indicted in Calcasieu court Thursday.

Two men have been indicted in connection with the July 17 death of Baton Rouge man Zacchaeus Hakim Burton.

The Calcasieu Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body found behind a shopping center on Gerstner Memorial Drive as a homicide and an arrest has already been made, authorities said.

Authorities say Clarence Fine, the uncle of homicide victim Chiquita Lumpkin, fired at Trinity Coleman, Lumpkin's boyfriend and a person of interest in her death, while Coleman was being pursued by police on I-10 on Labor Day.

A house on Beaugh Road is believed to be a “total loss” after a fire Wednesday morning.

Louisiana is sending first responders to the East Coast to help in the response to Hurricane Dorian.

Sgt. Larry Moss, Lake Charles Police Department spokesman, said a vehicle accident near the Cinemark theater caused the gas leak.

Charles Devonte Moore, 17, has been arrested on one count of first-degree murder in connection with a double homicide on Fifth Street in June.

The bodies of Chad Edwin Reeves, 47, and Mary Jane Casey, 68, were found on Wednesday, July 17, but authorities believe the incident happened in the late evening of Tuesday, July 16, according to information from the Lake Charles Police Department.

Five people have filed a challenge to the candidacy of an 18-year-old running for sheriff in Beauregard Parish.

Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said the chase began after deputies attempted to pull over a stolen vehicle near Tom Hebert Road and La. 14 a little after 7 a.m.

SHOWTIME has released the trailer for its documentary series on the Jeff Davis 8.

Interim Police Chief Chris Rudy said the incident happened after police received a citizen complaint of a wreckless driver and an officer located the vehicle. The investigation is into what the officer said to the occupants of the vehicle.

A train hit a semi-trailer that was stopped on the tracks in DeQuincy

The total number of employees laid off by Aptim Maintenance in May was 344, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

A pilot walked away from a small plane crash Wednesday morning south of Welsh, authorities say.

Local officials are urging residents whose homes were damaged or flooded during the heavy rains last night and today to report it to them.