Lake Charles native Elijah Fountain resides in California. He's used to hurricanes, but for the first time, he's had to ...

The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died, ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - We’re learning more about the patient who died from bird flu in Southwest Louisiana. Mandy Gaither has ...

Gus Fontenot: Southwest Louisiana is centered around the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area, which has a population of approximately 250,000. The metro is served by three Class I railroads ...

The Louisiana native says he is thankful for the support he and his family have received from the Southwest Louisiana community.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - It’s time to let the good times roll, as Southwest Louisiana kicks off the start of the 2025 Carnival season! Jan. 6, also known as the Twelfth Night, marks the start of ...

The United Way of Southeast Louisiana will begin dispersing payments to those directly impacted by the New Years attack on ...

The Lake Charles area is expected to be the weakest out of 328 metropolitan statistical areas surveyed in the country by ...

The unusually cold temperatures inundating Southwest Louisiana are expected to remain into next week as a storm system ...

(Getty Images) State officials have confirmed Louisiana’s first presumptive case of the avian influenza strand H5N1 on Friday. The patient infected with the virus, a resident of Southwest Louisiana, ...

According to LDH, a resident of southwest Louisiana tested positive for H5N1, also known as bird flu. The person is currently in the hospital. H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes highly ...