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Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:50 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Sulphur resident has been leading the volunteers at Care Help since 2013.
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Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 6:16 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Veterans of the Vietnam War to be honored this weekend at Veterans Memorial Park in Lake Charles.
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Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 8:41 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Retired Army Sgt. Jeff Nolen can laugh now about how he earned his Purple Heart.
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Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 5:52 AM CST
|By John Bridges
KPLC has been honoring community heroes since 9/11
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 5:13 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Jim Adams is a former Army Ranger served 6 years in Vietnam.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 6:31 AM CST
|By John Bridges
LSU is helping veterans preserve their military memories with a Virtual Footlocker.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 9:29 AM CST
|By John Bridges
The director of the Sulphur Senior Center loves to keep older citizens busy.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 4:12 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Sulphur businessman fought in WWII
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 4:49 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Military veterans at Phillips 66 refinery give back
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 3:27 AM CST
|By John Bridges
McNeese fraternity raises money to purchase track chair for veteran
Calcasieu Radar
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 3:25 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Navy SEAL Commander killed last December, honored by McNeese this weekend.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 5:31 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Hawthorn Nathaniel Sapp joined the United States Marines in 1963 and soon found himself in Vietnam, just as the war was escalating.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 3:52 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
The Calcasieu Cut-Ups quilting group meets regularly to make quilts for military veterans
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 3:48 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Donna Carlson was born into a Florida family in 1922 and her life has been anything but dull.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 3:45 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Applications are now being taken at American Legion posts in Southwest Louisiana.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 4:19 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Michael Kuk, PhD, is a former Ward 1 Fire Chief who served in Vietnam as a Combat Firefighter.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 4:13 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Lake Charles native hosts family on board the aircraft carrier he commands
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:12 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Lake Charles native who served at Chennault was a navigator for the Strategic Air Command
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 3:45 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
McNeese student documenting impact of Chennault
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:59 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Sulphur man honored for his community activism.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 3:06 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Lake Charles man learned to fly helicopters, then signed up for the Vietnam War
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 3:57 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Westlake native served as a Marine in the Vietnam War
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 3:48 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
A group of veterans is focusing in on younger military vets who shy away from joining VFW and American Legion
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 3:57 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
An Oral History Project by the Beauregard Parish Museum has resumed.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:13 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Westlake American Legion post serving community after pandemic and hurricanes
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 7:10 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Members of the African American community who served in the military
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 7:23 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Sulphur woman was Army nurse in days following WWII
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 3:54 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
The late Nathan McGee to be honored this month at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 4:14 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
History Walk at Avenue of Flags
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 4:09 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Founder of Autism Services of SWLA still going at the age of 91.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 6:50 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Homeless shelter for veterans
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 3:42 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Marine veteran now serving as a VFW quartermaster
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 7:01 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
New home coming for AA meetings in Lake Charles
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 7:00 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Civil Air Patrol has a chapter in Lake Charles that is very active.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 7:57 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
SWLA resident is still an ambassador for the Children's Miracle Network.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 7:20 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Cold War veteran served in Germany
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 6:15 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Marine veteran served 2 tours of duty in Vietnam
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 3:55 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Vietnam Veterans Day is this Saturday
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 5:39 AM CDT
|By John Bridges
Over 2,000 Masons expected in Lake Charles next week.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 6:36 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Vietnam veteran signed up for the Marines in 1968.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 5:08 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Retired Air Force Colonel flew aboard B-52.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Church members from Good Shepherd help start a school in Haiti
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 7:54 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Fort Polk woman is Military Spouse of the Year
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 5:17 AM CST
|By John Bridges
A Sulphur man spent 21 years in the military helping to dispose of unused bombs.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 7:21 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Richard and Sandy Morgan help fellow veterans
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 5:27 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Navy reservist works with Heart of Hospice
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 11:41 AM CST
|By John Bridges
West Cal-Cam ER Nurse Practitioner served overseas
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 7:27 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Opening Christmas season in SWLA
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 7:15 AM CST
|By John Bridges
Sulphur woman living with spina bifida plans to graduate next month.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 7:13 AM CST
|By John Bridges
New walking path for flag display