Mayor LaToya Cantrell made history — becoming the first New Orleans mayor to be indicted while in office — after federal prosecutors on Friday charged her with multiple counts of wire fraud, ...

James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, died on Thursday. He ...

Special to the American Press With forecasters predicting an active hurricane season, Second Harvest Food Bank has opened two new disaster-ready distribution centers in the cities of Lake Charles ...

Louisiana utility regulators on Wednesday approved Entergy Louisiana’s plan to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to power a $10 billion Meta data center in Richland Parish. The ...

“American Idol” auditions are coming to a live Zoom near you. Louisiana auditions are scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 27. It will be the sixth year in a row for “Idol Across America,” a live ...

Hattie Georgia Hanzlicek Kadlubar, 84, of Lake Charles passed away at 6:26 PM on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025 surrounded by family. Mrs. Kadlubar was born on Feb. 6, 1941 in West, Texas. She was raised ...

The Southland Conference will get more exposure in the coming years. On Wednesday, the league announced it signed a ...

Texas Republican legislators who are trying to create five more GOP congressional seats in their state may not have realized ...

The Interstate 10 Calcasieu River Bridge Project is set to begin construction in early 2026. Representatives with the ...

Masey Lewis has teetered on a breakout in his two seasons as a Cowboy. As a redshirt junior, he looks ready to take a big ...

Special to the American Press The U.S. Postal Service announced on Aug. 16, that a commemorative forever stamp will be issued ...

In the last three seasons, nearly two dozen Southwest Louisiana schools have hired new head football coaches. Despite this, ...