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Levine has not commented. The state health department did not immediately respond to an email seeking a reaction to Pyle's initial post or his apology....

Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Jan. 22, 2021....

In Moscow, thousands of demonstrators filled Pushkin Square in the city center....

Record gun sales reported in 2020, leaving low ammunition & gun supply at local shops...

In response to this third COVID-19 surge and the threat of variants sending us into another spike, the state health department launched a new app Friday that can anonymously detect if you've been exposed to COVID....

He dialed up Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador on Friday at a strained moment for the U.S. relationship with its North American neighbors....

Ora Media, a company in which King was a cofounder, reported his death on his Twitter page Saturday morning....

The report says that a DOJ attorney nearly convinced Donald Trump to remove then-Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen....

New President Joe Biden unveiled a bold immigration plan just days ago....

As their season nears, Head Coach Frank Wilson says the Cowboys' excitement has been dialed up over the last few practices, with an emphasis on perfecting the little things....

As the search for LSU's new defensive coordinator continues, Saints head coach Sean Payton spoke Thursday, Jan. 21, about the man who appeared to be heading to Baton Rouge but then wasn't....

SOWELA first in Louisiana to integrate new VR surgeries in class...

The new movie staring Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt has been quietly shooting in Vernon Parish in the past few weeks. Scenes shot in the Kisatchie National Forest are about to hit the big screens with this science fiction movie titled "65."...

New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver baskets of chocolate chip cookies to National Guard members, thanking them "for keeping me and my family safe" during President Joe Biden's inaugurat...

A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said....

Authorities released the identity of the homicide suspect in relation to the Carlyss homicide. Investigators found William Clark 43, of Sulphur, in his home on Thursday night....

The penalty phase of the man convicted of killing a state trooper in 2015 must be held again, the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office confirms....

Housing is and will remain one of the greatest long-term recovery needs in Southwest Louisiana following Hurricanes Laura and Delta....

Donald Rouse Sr. spoke out about his decision to attend the Trump rally in Washington D.C. on January 6th, just before crowds stormed the Capitol....

The recall comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rejected Ford's argument that this version of the airbags didn't need to be replaced....

Coming off a tough, four-point loss at home against Southeastern Louisiana, McNeese will look to pick up its first Southland Conference win of the season on Saturday when it visits HBU at 5 p.m....

Rain chances look to stay low through the day on Saturday despite the lack of sunshine. Overcast skies through the day will keep temperatures slightly cooler tomorrow with highs in the lower 60s....

The Pelicans led by as many as 16 points in the first half before dropping their second-straight game to the Jazz on Thursday, Jan. 21. The Pels have now dropped seven of eight games....

Bob Avian died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....

A Lake Charles man was sentenced to 25 years and 15 years today, both of which are to run concurrent with one another....

If you have already received the vaccine, you can still donate regular plasma, but it will not be geared towards COVID-19 relief efforts....

The National Guard said it originally moved troops out of the Capitol Rotunda and other spaces to garages at the behest of the Capitol Police....

FBI Director Chris Wray has said that, over the last year, the most lethal violence has come from anti-government activists, such as anarchists and militia-types....

KPLC's 2021 Crawfish Price Check...

British officials say they are confident that the vaccines that have been authorized for use against COVID-19 will be effective against the new strain identified in the country....

Sheriff Tony Mancuso has announced that 2020 property taxes notices are currently being mailed and the multiple ways that residents can pay their taxes....

Brokaw began at NBC in its Los Angeles bureau in the 1960s, where he covered Ronald Reagan's first run for public office and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy....

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has announced that nearly 80 percent of the 873 complaints that the Louisiana Department of Insurance has received about hurricane claims are about homeowners insurance....

In a two-week period, Brown scammed over $980,000 from a Kroger location in Georgia where he worked, authorities said....

In the image posted late Thursday by the account linked to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Trump is shown playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone, with the caption "Revenge is certain" written in Farsi....

COVID-19 in Southwest Louisiana....

The baseball legend came from humble beginnings to build a Hall-of-Fame career....

McNeese head women's basketball coach Kacie Cryer will miss the next two games due to COVID protocol while assistant coach Patrece Carter will miss the next seven days due to contact tracing....

The Sheriff & Tax Collector will be sending out the 2020 tax notices within the next 10 days or so with a new due date....

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department has released additional information on the suspect arrested last night in a Carylss homicide....

A Westlake man has been arrested after being accused of attempted second-degree murder for chasing a woman with a machete...

About 6 in 10 older Americans don't know when or where to get a COVID-19 vaccine, study finds....

Ariel Griffith was in the hospital and unconscious on Christmas Day, so her family decided to make it up to her....

"Hammerin' Hank" set a wide array of career hitting records during a 23-year career spent mostly with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, including RBIs, extra-base hits and total bases....

It's only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018....

The NFL announced Friday that 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next month's Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida....

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is now part of international law....