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Wife of Fort Polk soldier removed from deportation flight, released from immigration custody
19+ hour, 13+ min ago (563+ words) Published 12:38 pm Saturday, August 15, 2026 A U.S. soldier’s wife who spent more than a month in federal immigration detention said she is back home after officers removed her from a deportation flight to Brazil. Eliaser was placed on a deportation flight Wednesday…...
???From A to Z???: How the LSBDC is beating the odds for local startups
17+ hour, 3+ min ago (546+ words) Published 2:45 pm Saturday, August 15, 2026 Nationally accredited and operating through nine regional centers — including inside McNeese State University’s Henning SEED Center — across all 64 parishes, the LSBDC network supports startups and established businesses with financial planning, loan preparation, and market analysis. Despite…...
Sherry Nell Smith Bass
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (135+ words) Published 5:00 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 Sherry Nell Smith Bass, 88, passed away Aug. 12, 2026, in Conroe, Texas, surrounded by her loved ones. Sherry is survived by her children, Erica Roach, Belinda Taylor, Janell Blackmon, and Ben Bass III; grandchildren, Lee, Robert, Taylor, M’lyn,…...
Gurnie???Tutie??? Joseph Richard
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (198+ words) Published 5:00 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 Gurnie “Tutie” Joseph Richard, 22, gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country on Nov. 26, 1942. He was born to his late parents, Lester and Louise Daigle Richard on Aug. 27, 1920 in Vinton, La. In his High School years, he…...
SW La. school lunch menus Aug. 17-21
19+ hour, 53+ min ago (413+ words) Published 11:56 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 The following menus for Aug. 17-21 for area schools have been submitted by supervisors of food services. Menus are subject to change. MONDAY: Cheeseburger, pickle slices, French fries, baked beans, diced pears, Rice Krispy treat. TUESDAY: Red…...
Ready to Serve: New Salvation Army officers arrive in LC
20+ hour, 44+ min ago (279+ words) Published 11:07 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 Special to the American Press The Salvation Army in Lake Charles is pleased to welcome newly appointed officers, Captains Charles and Teri Smith. They began serving in Lake Charles on June 23 and are looking forward to…...
Scooter Hobbs column: Fond memories of LSU's greatest coach
1+ day, 33+ min ago (745+ words) Published 7:14 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 Skip Bertman invented college baseball. Don’t argue with me on this. And I don’t care if the game had been on various campuses for well over a century before Bertman came to LSU in 1984 as the…...
Scooter Hobbs column: LSU football has a silly numbers problem
1+ day, 41+ min ago (750+ words) Published 7:08 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 This is a joke, right? We’re talking about LSU’s budding crisis with the No. 5, a catastrophe that is threatening to … to do something or another, although no one seems to be sure what. But it reportedly…...
Jim Beam column:Landry uses secrecy to govern
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (757+ words) Published 6:26 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 Secrecy that refuses to disclose important information the public deserves has become Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s main method of enhancing his economic development record. Landry and the Republican-controlled Legislature and Public Service Commission (PSC) have…...
Louisiana begins overhaul of $4 billion school funding formula
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (601+ words) Published 5:26 pm Friday, August 14, 2026 By Nolan Mckendry | The Center Square Louisiana officials began a potentially sweeping rewrite of the state’s public school funding formula Thursday, with members of a new task force signaling that teacher pay, declining enrollment and vast…...