Calcasieu Parish News
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Calcasieu
CPSO Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Posted 2:11 PM 4/23/2013 by MELISSA CANONE
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs by hosting National Prescription Drug Take Back (More)
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Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Taking Applications for Summer Feeding Program Workers
Posted 3:05 PM 4/22/2013
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury will be taking applications for positions associated with a new Summer Food Program in association with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Louisiana Department of Education. Site Supervisors and student workers are needed. These positions are paid (seasonal) (More)
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Man serving life in Angola for rape indicted in two 1992 Lake Charles rapes
Posted 2:38 PM 4/22/2013 by Tonya LaCoste
A convicted rapist serving life in prison at Angola State Penitentiary has been connected two 1992 rapes in Lake Charles, according to Lake Charles Police Deputy Chief of Police Mark Kraus. On April 4, a grand jury indicted Darwin Hutchinson, 45, on two counts of aggravated rape. The rape (More)
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Chennault Pushes Ahead with Hangar Project
Posted 12:51 PM 4/21/2013 by katc
The Chennault International Airport Authority has awarded a contract for construction of the Hangar H project. The hangar should be completed by June 2014 and is expected to generate about 500 permanent jobs, airport executive director Randy Robb told The American Press. (More)
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Lake Charles Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
Posted 6:05 PM 4/18/2013 by KATC
United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Dr. Lynn E. Foret, 63, of Lake Charles, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard T. Haik to defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies out of close to $1 million.
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Lake Charles mother accused of child desertion
Posted 5:33 PM 4/18/2013 by KATC
A Lake Charles woman has been arrested for child desertion after she left her children home alone.
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Sobriety and Seatbelt Checkpoint in Calcasieu Parish
Posted 5:37 PM 4/17/2013 by MELISSA CANONE(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
In an effort to combat impaired driving in our area as well as to increase seatbelt usage, Louisiana State Police Troop D plans to conduct a DWI and seatbelt compliance checkpoint on Friday, April 19, 2013, from approximately 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location in Calcasieu (More)
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Anglers Take to the Waters at La. Saltwater Series Tournament
Posted 2:13 PM 4/17/2013 by Melissa Canone
Anglers from the Louisiana Gulf Coast and surrounding regions will take to the waters of Lake Calcasieu on April 20 as the Louisiana Saltwater Series presented by Shimano and PowerPro hosts its second redfish tournament of 2013.
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CPSO to host Senior Citizen's' Fishing Derby
Posted 11:40 AM 4/17/2013 by MELISSA CANONE
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office will host the Annual Senior Citizen's Fishing Derby on Friday, May 3 from 7:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the CPSO Farm Pond behind the Calcasieu Correctional Center at 5400 E. Broad Street in Lake Charles.
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Missing Sulphur Teen Found Safe
Posted 10:47 PM 4/14/2013 by katc
KPLC is reporting the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office says Dovie Mellard, the 17 year old Sulphur High School student, has been found safe and has been reunited with her family.
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Calcasieu Parish Deputies Looking for Missing Teen
Posted 7:43 PM 4/14/2013 by katc
KPLC is reporting the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for a missing Sulphur girl. Dovie Mellard, 17, was reported missing by her family after she failed to return home from a prom function.
According to Mellard's mother she was last seen around 11:20 p.m. Saturday. Mellard had (More)
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Calcasieu Parish DWI Checkpoint Results
Posted 11:01 AM 4/13/2013 by katc
Friday night troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop D, with assistance from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, conducted a DWI checkpoint in Calcasieu Parish from about 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Troopers made 3 arrests for DWI.
Troopers and deputies also issued 39 citations for (More)
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Troopers Discover 44 pounds of Marijuana during I-10 Traffic Stop
Posted 5:25 PM 4/12/2013 by KATC
A 55-year-old Florida man has been arrested after a traffic stop led to the discovery of 44 pounds of marijuana.
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Lake Charles man accused of attempted 2nd degree murder
Posted 4:17 PM 4/12/2013 by Press Release
A 59-year-old Lake Charles man has been hospitalized from a head injury he suffered after the person he was stabbing defended himself with a shovel.
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Moss Bluff teacher accused of inappropriate contact with a student
Posted 4:12 PM 4/12/2013
A teacher at Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff has been arrested, accused of having inappropriate contact with a female student.
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