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• 9,000 pills stolen from Moss Bluff pharmacy

  March 7, 2012 10:20 AM

  MOSS BLUFF, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who stole almost 9,000 pills in 41 seconds from The Drug Store in Moss Bluff. Kim Myers of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office tells the American Press in a news release the culprit wore a gray... more »

• Moss Bluff mother, grandma indicted

  September 23, 2011 9:35 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A Calcasieu Parish grand jury has indicted a Moss Bluff mother and grandmother for allegedly abusing two 17-year-old girls. Beth McGee, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, tell the American Press Verna Kennerson, the girls' adoptive mother, was indicted on 13 counts of cruelty... more »

• Mother, grandmother accused of beating children "until they bleed"

  July 7, 2011 11:25 PM

  "I don't care what people say about me... I know it's a lie!" That was the response from a woman Calcasieu Parish Deputies say beat her two daughters until they would bleed. Deputies say she hit them so hard she even chipped one child's tooth. "What they did... more »

• Moss Bluff Man Arrested in Wife's Murder

  December 6, 2010 5:02 PM

  Lake Charles, LA - Around 11:00 p.m. last night 911 received a call from a man at a house located on Sam Houston Jones Parkway in Moss Bluff regarding an unresponsive woman in the house. When deputies arrived they discovered a woman deceased in the master bedroom. The investigation revealed... more »

• Update: Arrest After Woman found dead in Moss Bluff home

  December 6, 2010 12:53 PM

  MOSS BLUFF, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a 48-year-old Moss Bluff woman. Sheriff Tony Mancuso tells The American Press that a man called authorities at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and told dispatchers that he killed his wife. Mancuso said deputies responding to the... more »

• Woman found dead in her Moss Bluff home

  December 6, 2010 9:19 AM

  MOSS BLUFF, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a woman in Moss Bluff. Sheriff Tony Mancuso tells The American Press that a man called authorities at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and told dispatchers that he killed his wife. Mancuso said deputies responding to the... more »

• Elderly Crossing Guard Killed by Motorist

  September 29, 2010 11:19 AM

  This morning around 7:00 a.m. two Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office school crossing guards were struck by a car in front of Moss Bluff Elementary on Highway 378. Roland Parker, 70, was pronounced dead from his injuries after being transported to a local hospital. Today was Parker's first day on... more »

• Teen Killed Inside Catholic School Buried Today

  September 20, 2010 5:08 PM

  Dustin Cole Johnson, 13, was laid to rest today. His funeral was at 10:00 a.m. at St. Theodore Catholic Church. Johnson was buried in New Richie Cemetery. Johnson died Thursday, September 16, after shooting himself at Holy Family Catholic School in Moss Bluff where he was a 7th grader.... more »

• Bishop Releases Statement on School Shooting

  September 16, 2010 4:28 PM

  "It is with profound sorrow that I make the following statement. This morning at St. Theodore/Holy Family School in Moss Bluff, a student acting alone inflicted upon himself a gunshot wound. This incident occurred at the very start of the school day. The school, civil, diocesan, and emergency authorities were... more »

• Students Sent Home Following Campus Shooting

  September 16, 2010 1:48 PM

  UPDATE: student died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, he was pronounced dead at 10:38am. Classes will resume on Monday. ------------------------------------------------------------ Students are at home with their families today, following at shooting at the Holy Family School in Moss Bluff. Father Whitney Miller tells KATC crisis management teams came... more »

• Woman's body discovered on side of road

  November 24, 2009 7:37 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso says a 19-year-old woman whose body was found on the side a road is apparently the victim of homicide. The victim was identified as Sierra Bouzigard of Moss Bluff. Mancuso said Bouzigard's body was found at 7:37 a.m. Monday by... more »

• Calcasieu deputy arrested on sex charges

  November 4, 2009 12:05 PM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Authorities say a Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputy was fired after his arrest on rape and other sex charges. Sheriff Tony Mancuso said in a news release that a woman reportedly contacted the sheriff's office on Oct. 30 and said her juvenile daughter was having sex... more »

• Six More H1N1 Deaths in Louisiana

  November 3, 2009 7:26 PM

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is reporting six new deaths this past week from the swine flu. The death toll statewide now stands at 30. Two boys and two women died in the past week in the seven parish Acadiana region. One teen from Moss Bluff died, and... more »