A Lake Charles man riding a motorcycle died Friday in a two-vehicle crash. Motorcyclist Carson McCain, 52, was pronounced dead about 7 p.m. Friday, at the scene of the wreck on La. 385 (Gulf Highway) near the Eddie Hebert Road intersection, Louisiana State Police trooper Peggy Bourque said.

This morning, the Knights of St. Peter Claver Chapter 141 hosted their annual Mardi Gras Parade. For over 50 years, the Knights of Peter Claver has provided the Mardi Gras spirit

Louisiana is leading the way in carbon sequestration, but could shifting federal priorities threaten the industry’s future? Here’s what experts say.

The refinery is the nation's seventh-largest. It is tied into a vast pipeline network and has access to the Gulf.

As a child, Cody Fontenot asked for all the things other children would ask for: He wanted to learn how to ride a bike, play the drums, skateboard and sleep in the top bunk. For a while, he went to a public school and eventually lived by himself with a roommate for a while as a young adult.

The Rain CII Lake Charles Calcining Plant in Sulphur, as seen from Google Earth on Feb. 12, 2025. The plant is one of two sued Monday over their wastewater discharges into the Calcasieu River. The other was the Alcoa plant in Lake Charles.

The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit action in the United States District Court for the Western

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A prominent national study shows Louisiana is leading the nation for academic recovery. The Education Recovery Scorecard is a collaboration between Harvard, Stanford and Dartmouth measuring school system-level student growth in reading and math.