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Police Jury considers increases to grass ordinance fees
Letting the parish worry about mowing the grass could cost property owners more in the future. The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury is considering increasing fees. They will vote on the matter at the August 22 meeting. At its Thursday meeting Wes Crain, director of planning and development, told jurors the parish hasn’t raised its grass-cutting […]
7/18: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Kevin Brian Hastings, 31, 203 White Oak, Ragley — theft of a motor vehicle from $5,000 but less than $25,000. Bond: $17,500. Chance Dillion Cooper, 28, 140 W. Lee St., Sulphur — aggravated flight from an officer; no motor vehicles; proper equipment required on vehicles; vehicle […]
Did Aaliyah Jack kill her own son? Hear what she told KPLC
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The mother accused of killing one child and abandoning another along the interstate is back in Louisiana. Aaliyah Jack, 25, of Lake Charles, was returned from Mississippi and booked into Calcasieu Correctional Center Saturday afternoon. First-hand revelations Jack told KPLC as she walked into the...
Qualifying ends, ballots set for November election
The ballots are now set and Southwest Louisiana voters will now know who they are voting for during the fall elections. The candidate qualifying period ended Friday with more than two dozen candidates tossing their hats into the ring ahead of the Nov. 5 open primary, presidential and congressional elections across the state. Several others, […]
Jeff Davis School Board agrees to ITEP for solar facility project
The Jeff Davis Parish School Board agreed Thursday to grant an industrial tax exemption request for a 400-acre solar facility project in Topsy. The Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury also adopted a resolution last week approving the Industrial Tax Exemption (ITEP) application for Texas-based Aypa Powers’ Cajun Crossroads Energy Center project. Under the program manufacturers […]
Authorities: Uncooperative subject bitten by police dog
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A Lake Charles man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after refusing to cooperative with deputies at a home on 23rd Street, authorities said. Just before 3 p.m. on Thursday, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office assisted Lake Charles Police officers in response to a...
Another Louisiana pastor jailed on a theft charge
Another southwest Louisiana pastor has been jailed on a theft charge. This time it happened in Calcasieu Parish. KPLC 7 News is reporting that Derek D. Bellard, of Stay the Course of Louisiana Full Gospel Ministries in Lake Charles, took on a job last year to make repairs at a woman’s home. However, the woman filed a complaint in March stating that she paid Bellard over $100,000.00 for labor and materials. The woman contended that Bellard started the job, but never finished it and never reimbursed her.
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