A Louisiana senator introduced a bill that would raise the pay for U.S. Bureau of Prisons employees in rural areas.

DERIDDER, La. (KPLC) - Beginning Tuesday night, June 17, at 10 p.m. to midnight, there will be a water outage and subsequent ...

Southwest Louisiana’s Thrive magazine featured KPLC Chief Meteorologist Wade Hampton in its Hurricane Guide special edition ...

Fourth Fest: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Live entertainment, watermelon eating contest, watermelon seed spitting contest, pie eating ...

VINTON, La. (KPLC) - An investigation is underway after suspected human remains were found in the woods off U.S. 90. Someone ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A one-of-a-kind immersive dinner comedy show is coming to Lake Charles Little Theatre this weekend ...

Slightly drier weather will arrive starting Wednesday into the second half of the week. High pressure may build in enough to turn ran coverage more isolated. Storm chances won’t be zero however, so ...

Make sure to keep the rain gear around as we start of the week as periods of showers and storms are set to move through ...

Heading into the middle of the week, high pressure may begin to strengthen just enough where daily rain chances will go down ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Hurricane readiness is top of mind this time of year, and as always, KPLC is helping you stay prepared. Our annual series of special hurricane season reports brings you ...

David still has a long road ahead after his insurance stopped covering physical therapy. The family is asking for donations to help with his recovery.

Detectives said a search of the residence revealed a wide variety of narcotics including methamphetamine, crack cocaine, marijuana and other Schedule narcotics in pill form.