Calcasieu Parish

A routine traffic stop on I-10 and some sharp-eyed police work pull almost 300 pounds of cocaine off the streets.

The Lake Charles area was spared from catastrophic flooding.

The folks over at Legally Armed America teamed up with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office and made a great instructional video showing us exactly what we should do.

A seventh company wants to build a natural gas export terminal in southwest Louisiana.

She was due to take a polygraph test yesterday but finally admitted to the theft.

They closures are happening so that DOTD can install traffic control devices.

The bridge operator was pronounced dead at the scene. Foul play is not suspected.

Calcasieu Parish police jurors voted Thursday to let Kingdom Logistics of Lake Charles build 2,844 rooms instead of 492.

While one arrest has been made, authorities are still looking for a person of interest in connection with the death of Jody Barlow.

The injured trooper remains in critical condition in a Lake Charles hospital.

This town has been in the news for twerking bans, polygamy, and gay zombies on bath salts but it's still the safest town in Louisiana.

A Sulphur convenience store clerk is brutally raped. A now two time rapist is now in custody in the Calcasieu Parish jail.

DOTD appreciates your patience and caution near these closures.

The work will begin each night at 8 p.m. and wrap up the following morning at 5 a.m.

Citizens are concerned that the Army Corps of Engineers is overlooking southwest Louisiana's coastal protection priorities.

Jose Guevara was returned to Calcasieu Parish in July and stood trial in January, being found guilty of second-degree murder, aggravated rape and aggravated burglary.

Calcasieu Parish District Court Judge Guy Bradbury, sentenced Christopher Shane Benoit, of Vinton, to 34 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three juvenile girls. KATC reported that Benoit was sentenced to 20 years for one count of aggravated incest and 7 years each for two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile...

Following an eight-month investigation, Brittany Marie Prejean, 24, of Rayne was arrested for first-degree murder for the death of her fiancée's 3-year-old son, Keaghyn Parsons. Prejean, being held without bond at the Acadia Parish Jail, was reportedly the child's caretaker while his father was at work at the time of Parsons death...

The officer deployed Basco, the drug dog who quickly alerted on the trunk.

Wayne Savoy said he will work with the board and the new superintendent for any length of time the members need to make the transition easy.