The American Press received two surveys recently that suggested the Lake Charles real estate market is weak, and Louisiana is the worst place to retire. Some survey results should not be taken at face value,

Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter complained to the board of a nonprofit that works with at-risk youth after its director criticized the city and school system on social media.

Though NWS forecasters are still collecting official snowfall counts, these reports give a good look at just how much snow Louisiana saw.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state officials held a news briefing on Wednesday to update residents on the unprecedented weather event and its ongoing challenges.

Louisiana isn’t known for extreme cold weather—but that changed Tuesday, when the National Weather Service issued its first-ever blizzard warning for much of the state.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The IRS has begun accepting and processing 2024 federal tax returns. Before you start filing, there are a few things you should keep in mind. Annemarie Edwards, with Jackson Hewitt, says you want to make sure everything looks uniform when gathering all of your documents to file your taxes.

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

The rare winter storm that is hitting the southern portion of the United States became historic Tuesday morning when the Lake Charles National Weather Service office issued its first-ever blizzard warning.

The four corners of Louisiana – from Shreveport to Monroe and Lake Charles to New Orleans – were preparing Sunday for an unprecedented winter storm.

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

Louisiana's electric grid is struggling with mounting reliability issues and rising consumer costs as the state grapples with extreme weather and escalating electricity consumption, according to

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The now former head of Big Brothers and Big Sisters says an email from Mayor Nic Hunter to her board of directors “sought to undermine” her leadership.