Tuesday will be a good day to stay inside. Not so much because of the threat of rain, but because of the strong winds. They will be up to about 15-20 mph hour out of the south. At times the wind will gust up to 30 mph. A coastal flood watch is in effect through the evening hours on Tuesday.
The good news is that the pattern has finally shifted from the heavy rain and severe threat from over the weekend and is heading toward a much drier pattern through Memorial Day.
On Sunday, May 19th 2019 at approximately 2:00p.m. Corporal Scott Dougherty with the Lake Charles Police Department said officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Reid Street in reference to a shooting.
The DeRidder Police Department is asking drivers to avoid North Pine Street, as well as residential streets, due to flooding and trees down on the roadway throughout the city.
A strong cluster of thunderstorms pushed through Southwest Louisiana with reports of tornado damage, road flooding, and extensive power outages reported across Beauregard, Allen and Jeff Davis parishes.
The return of Louisiana’s deck of playing cards designed to solve homicides, missing person cases, and unidentified remains cases is welcome by state law enforcement agencies, if a new sponsor signs on to bankroll production.
There are a few events taking place this evening. That includes Downtown at Sundown and Relay for Life. Whichever event you go to, or any other plans you may have, will be good to go! It will be warm, so plan accordingly for those temperatures.
A drunk driving charge isn’t the only crime that has a cleansing period in Louisiana. Other non-violent crimes have similar look back periods; marijuana possession has a two year cleansing period.
Five hundred baby Florida bass were released into the Mermentau River. The restocking program is to help provide more and bigger fish, since saltwater intrusion destroyed so many during the hurricanes.
A Texas man is accused of using a company credit card to make three cash advances totalling $14,000 from an ATM at a local casino, state police officials said.
House lawmakers approved a bill 97 to 4 that would divert money currently earmarked for state savings accounts to construct a new LA 415 to LA 1 connector.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released a statement Friday, May 17 saying the state’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has dropped again to 3.5% in April, the lowest on record. Gov. Edwards sources the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Disgruntled Pelicans star Anthony Davis might not be coming back to New Orleans next year, but team owner Gayle Benson made it clear he isn’t going to Los Angles.
Dubbed the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."
Dr. Richard Strauss groped or ogled young men while treating athletes from at least 16 sports and working at the student health center and his off-campus clinic, investigators from a law firm hired by the university found.
As part of a partnership with the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the state park system is looking to hire individuals with disabilities and special needs for jobs this summer.
Temperatures start off in the 60s for the morning commute as you head out today. You’ll probably already notice it feeling a little muggier and not quite as pleasant and expect that trend to continue as temperatures warm up into the middle 80s this afternoon under an abundance of sunshine.
Friday will also be a good day. There will be a high-pressure center will stay to our east. This will keep southerly winds with us and may even cause a sea-breeze. That may help pop up a few showers and storms by the afternoon. Also, any rain we may see will be heat-induced.
For the last four years, ICCS has held their annual “Panther Walk”, where graduating seniors put on their caps and gowns and walk through the halls of the schools while the little ones cheer then on.
It all happened at the foot of the Saint Terese statue on the third floor of the school. Shortly after an afternoon mass, Garrett challenged one of his classmates to a race up the stairs, that’s when Garrett suddenly collapsed.
Following in the footsteps of Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama, Louisiana lawmakers are now poised to pass their version of a bill that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
The House’s judiciary committee did not approve or kill a bill that would allow for recreational marijuana use in Louisiana. Instead, lawmakers essentially sent it to the House’s criminal justice committee, where the concept faces opposition.
The mother said that although the school suspended one of the bullies, her daughter was being harassed more than before, even saying she had thought about suicide.
The U.S. Coast Guard said work has been completed that should successfully contain and collect oil from a platform that sank of Louisiana’s coast after Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
For those who have phytophotodermatitis, handling lime or any citrus juice - and then exposing that skin to the sun will cause burns, sometimes severe one.
The forecast continues to move along quietly this week, and no real complaints about that as the sunshine and heat are the only factors for now. With temperatures starting off just a couple of degrees warmer this morning, the streak of pleasant nights is coming to an end as winds turn back onshore.
Thursday will have limited rain chances at well. This is all because a high-pressure center has moved south near Louisiana. This is limiting any rain to develop. There will be an upper-level disturbance coming from the west, but it looks like all of the rain will be gone before it reaches us.
The House’s education committee approved a bill Wednesday, May 15 that would require campus organizations and university officials to contact law enforcement as soon as they learn of any hazing allegations.
The law makes performing an abortion in Alabama at any stage of pregnancy a felony unless the mother’s health is in danger. There's no exception for rape or incest.
Louisiana high schools had a graduation rate of 81.4 in 2018, a 16.6 percent increase since 2006, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Louisiana Department of Education.
Three motorcycle officers - two Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies and one Sulphur Police Department captain - who were injured escorting President Trump’s motorcade Tuesday have each received presidential challenge coins and a set of cuff links.
Police in Las Vegas are looking for witnesses after a woman was allegedly seen on video pushing a man from a public bus onto the street and to his death, according to a report.
A crawfish farmer is accused of attempting to run over pedestrians who were catching crawfish in a roadside ditch at the intersection of La. 26 and La. 1126.
With temperatures just a tad bit warmer than yesterday, we’re still at least getting to enjoy the 60s across most all of Southwest Louisiana as lower humidity remains in place to start the day which will send temperatures quickly up through the 80s and keep mostly cloud-free skies through the day.
President Donald Trump toured Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG Export Facility in Cameron Parish Tuesday, May 14, and Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was sure to show off his choice of socks to the president.
Two bills that would allow retailers to deliver alcohol to doorsteps are now headed to the Senate floor after a judiciary committee approved the bill Tuesday, May 14.
People from all across Southwest Louisiana gathered at Chennault International Airport to catch a glimpse of President Trump arriving in Air Force One.
