Johnathan Manning

Indorama is currently shut down after what is believed to have been a lightning strike around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, plant officials say.

Calcasieu Coroner Dr. Terry Welke reiterated Thursday what he has said in the past - that his office is being cautious in its approach to classifying COVID-19 deaths.

State Rep. Stephen Dwight and local attorney Christian Chesson are running for Calcasieu District Attorney.

A barricade situation involving a man who failed to show up for sentencing is ongoing in the Moss Bluff area, officials with the U.S. Marshals Office say.

All but one of people who died from the virus in Calcasieu were 50 years or older. The other death was a child 10 years or younger.

A 78-year-old man was stabbed multiple times while driving on I-10 West between Iowa and Lake Charles Friday morning, authorities say.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in an officer-involved shooting this afternoon in south Lake Charles, officials confirm.

While movie theaters are allowed to reopen Friday, Cinemark theaters in Lake Charles are looking at a mid-summer reopening date.

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday extended Louisiana’s stay-at-home order through May 15.

The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-2 tornado traveled through Vernon Parish Wednesday.

Earnings expectations for the Lake Charles Chemical Project have been revised to a loss of between of $50 million to $100 million for 2020.

The Gibbstown Bridge 5K may have been canceled due to COVID-19, but one local veteran still made the trek carrying a flag on his should.

The Calcasieu Coroner’s Office has released a breakdown of the age, sex and race of Calcasieu Parish’s 15 deaths from COVID-19.

Jennings police are investigating a home invasion and assault on Gallup Street this afternoon, authorities said.

The order goes into effect at 5 p.m. Monday, but Edwards urged state residents to immediately act as though the order is already in place. It will remain in effect for three weeks - through April 13.

The first confirmed case of coronavirus has been reported in Calcasieu Parish.

Maintenance on the water tower in Jeff Davis Water Commission No. 1 is expected to be completed by Tuesday. Viewers in that area have sent KPLC pictures of discolored water.

A COVID-19 testing center is opening in Southwest Louisiana, local hospital officials announced Monday morning.

7 News also brought home four other honors Tuesday at the 2020 Prestige Awards.

State officials have begun an investigative audit into the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.

Ten baseball teams from around the state are in Southwest Louisiana for the Sulphur High 2020 Billy Navarre Chevrolet Shootout.

Texas officials say there are three cases of travel-related coronavirus in the greater Houston area.

The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office has fired a prosecutor following his handling of a continuance motion in a homicide case last month, officials confirm.

Sulphur police officer Ben Richard was arrested in Lake Charles by Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on Saturday, Feb. 29 for first-offense operating while intoxicated.

Jayden Grant Theunissen, 19, was indicted on one count of second-degree murder Monday in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Dakota Chaisson at the Toby Ward Event Hall in November.

Christina Fant, 42, and Jennifer Stracener, 44, were arrested for felony animal cruelty.

Krewe of Barkus rolled through the Civic Center grounds Saturday.

Former minister John Michael Ward has been sentenced in federal court to 60 years in prison for production of child pornography. He still faces charges in state district court.

A man accused of murder in downtown Lake Charles in 2017 had his bond lowered and an assistant district attorney has been suspended.

Authorities say 80 cell phones stolen from a Best Buy in Morrow, Georgia, were recovered during a traffic stop in Westlake, La.