Newly elected Mayor Marshall Simien Jr. said he wants to instead upgrade the existing Arcade Amphitheatre, which is located ...

Marshall Simien is Lake Charles' first elected Black mayor. Columnist Will Sutton takes a look at his journey to making ...

Farmers markets are opening throughout the suburbs. Some start in June or later; others have already begun. Here’s a helpful ...

Newly elected Lake Charles Mayor Marshall Simien Jr. says he will scrap plans for a $24 million amphitheater project downtown in place of the former Capital One tower. Simien, who will take office ...

The exhibits invite visitors to experience Louisiana’s shifting coastal identity through the voices of its people and those inspired by the bayou state.

More than 40 gunshots rang out at a house party in the University neighborhood of south Lake Charles overnight, killing one person. A KPLC viewer's surveillance camera captured the sound of dozens of ...

After the demolition of the Capital One tower in downtown Lake Charles, questions about how the city can best use the site along the lakefront have led to a dividing line in the upcoming mayoral ...

Drew and Ariana Voelsch, a couple in their early 30s, moved to Elmhurst in 2023, from River Forest, a suburb just west of ...

New Orleans? Yeah, that's old news - at least according to our fall coverage of an unsuspecting lake town deemed Louisiana's ...

“Charles is one of the art world’s fastest rising ... 5K Road Race & Walk May 10 at 7 p.m. The route takes participants through downtown Lakeland and the historic Lake Morton district and is open to ...

Memorial Day event; Plato Jones and Velvet Row for LATP; Blues 'n' Groove in Palmore Park; "The Barber of Seville"; Social ...