Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The incident happened around midnight on Monday, Oct. 16, the beginning of homecoming week in Welsh.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Jordan Gartner
Police say a man has been arrested for murder less than 24 hours after he was released from jail.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Viewers in Lacassine reached out to KPLC about why Lake Charles police were working in the area.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2023 at 9:52 PM CDT
|By Barry Lowin and Johnathan Manning
A fire has been reported at the Port of Lake Charles.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 12:13 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Amma Siriboe
A truck carrying what’s believed to be a captured Russian tank was left stranded for two days at a truck stop in Roanoke, La.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 12:09 PM CDT
|By Theresa Schmidt and Johnathan Manning
Richard Ieyoub was currently the state’s Commissioner of Conservation.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 10:26 AM CST
|By Johnathan Manning and Emily Van de Riet
A 21-year-old man is accused of breaking into a home in Louisiana and raping a woman he did not know on New Year’s Day, according to police.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 6:33 PM CST
|By Johnathan Manning
During takeoff, it crashed back onto the helideck, breaking apart and falling into the Gulf of Mexico.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2022 at 1:59 PM CST
|By Devon Distefano, Johnathan Manning and Andrew McMunn
Dashcam video caught the moment a grain elevator exploded at a grain milling facility.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The game is available live on Amazon Prime, which streams all Thursday night games.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 11:39 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Six-month-old Carissa Lewis died after being left in Lee’s vehicle.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
All three players were defensive backs on the team.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Konstantin Lavrentev, 27, of Russian descent, is 5-foot-9, 175 pounds, with a light beard.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 3:58 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Cox was arrested Friday in Lake Charles.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
It was also one of several recent fatal crop duster accidents reported in the United States recently.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Young was arrested on June 23 in Atlanta.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 11:57 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Gray News Staff
A Louisiana Army National Guard officer faced 30 days of confinement, but no loss of rank after planting his face between a subordinate’s breasts.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
However, LDH is reaffirming its official recommendation that all eligible children receive a COVID vaccination.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 12:21 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Jade Moreau
Goodie, 33, of Scott, was last seen on March 9, 2022.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 2:27 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The search continues for Goodie though, State Trooper Derek Senegal said.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2022 at 12:32 PM CST
|By Johnathan Manning
Now in his second stint with LSU football, Associate Head Coach Frank Wilson is accused of exposing himself to a female employee during his previous time with the school, several media outlets are reporting.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 10:56 AM CST
|By Johnathan Manning
A Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy fired toward a vehicle as the driver accelerated toward him, officials said.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 3:20 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Jennifer Lott
According to Lottery USA, the odds of winning a jackpot are slim. The comparison often made when dreaming of the mammoth improbability is being struck by lightning or being elected as America’s President.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 9:45 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Jennifer Lott
Three people have been arrested, but detectives also obtained statements from other adults who said the girl had been offered to them for sexual purposes.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 1:39 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The 12 fatalities only include accidents investigated by state police.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Jennifer Lott
Louisiana residents living in 337 and 504 area codes will soon have to dial 10 digits when making all phone calls.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 12:37 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Debra Worley
Legend Williamson was riding a horse in the warm-up pen at the Texas Junior High Rodeo when the horse reared up and fell on him.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 4:09 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Donelon said he “strengthened” the Department of Insurance's regulatory action.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 11:44 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The suspensions are part of Emergency Rule 47.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 1:52 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and Davon Cole
Edwards visited Jefferson and Orleans parishes Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 10:10 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
A total of 12 people - seven children and five adults - were transported to New Orleans hospitals.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 2:18 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
"My jail is empty, you’re going to be in there by yourself.”
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 2:45 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Officials seized 166 chickens and 16 goats and sheep.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The Governor’s Office says they are trying to find creative ways to promote COVID-19 vaccines.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 11:48 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
At least 54,000 barrels of slop oil were spilled into surrounding waterways.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The LSU Tigers baseball team is returning home this afternoon, fresh off its win in the Eugene Regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament.
Updated: May. 31, 2021 at 11:02 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The accident happened in the 1600 block of Swisco Road.
Updated: May. 28, 2021 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By Jillian Corder and Johnathan Manning
A family was riding along the beach just east of the Cameron Rec Center when they spotted a rescue basket.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 8:28 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning, Lindsey Thompson and Jennifer Lott
Police and firefighters recover a vehicle found submerged in a ditch on E. Prien Lake Road, Lt. Kevin Kirkum confirmed.
Updated: May. 5, 2021 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Wednesday that he will join President Joe Biden when he visits Lake Charles Thursday.
Updated: May. 3, 2021 at 10:13 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man from a fishing vessel 46 miles off the coast of Cameron, Louisiana, on Sunday morning, Coast Guard officials say.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2021 at 3:48 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Authorities have released a video of the theft in the hopes of identifying the people involved in the theft of the truck.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2021 at 11:58 AM CST
|By Johnathan Manning and Davon Cole
Funeral services were held today for Rock Palermo and Don Clements whose lives were claimed in a deadly plane crash in Cameron Parish on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 at 3:23 PM CST
|By Johnathan Manning and Davon Cole
There have now been three variants of the COVID-19 virus found in Southwest Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 2:13 PM CST
|By Johnathan Manning
Plane crashes near Hackberry.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 at 5:44 PM CST
|By Johnathan Manning
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) on Tuesday said he supported the election complaint Texas has brought before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Tracking Delta
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 8:04 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
Jennings SkyCam
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The streets and interstates leading out of Southwest Louisiana are at a crawl as residents are attempting to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Delta.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 7:25 AM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning
The Beauregard Parish Unified Command Group has issued a voluntary evacuation order for Beauregard Parish residents ahead of Hurricane Delta.