Joshua Wilson walks his dogs Caymus and Moose Tuesday, January 21, 2025, on Mall Street in Lafayette, La. For the first time ever, Lake Charles and much of Acadiana are under a blizzard warning as snow blankets the area Tuesday morning.

Young has lived in his Lake Charles home for nearly 40 years. After the 2020 hurricanes, he received a grant from the City of Lake Charles Home Rehabilitation Program, allowing him to make the repairs he needed.

CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) – A Lake Charles man has been captured after a string of Armed Robberies. Authorities say the suspect, Shannon Morris Jr., committed a series of crimes on Friday in Iowa, Crowley, Rayne, Acadia Parish and Lafayette Parish.

The Western Heritage Trail Ride marks the kickoff of the Southwest Louisiana Livestock Show & Rodeo and celebrates the cowboy culture of the Cajun prairie.

the Louisiana state climatologist. "And the temperatures — four degrees in Lafayette, six in Lake Charles — are the coldest we've seen in over a century." While the snow has stopped, subfreezing temperatures are expected to persist for several days ...

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

This Is Home Fest is returning for its fifth year, featuring a celebration of food, music and community. This year’s festival will take place April 26 at the Civic Center in Lake Charles, according to a news release.

Southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana are under its first ever blizzard warning Tuesday as the winter storm rolls through

Interstate 10 reopened to westbound traffic from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, the Department of Transportation and Development announced mid-afternoon Wednesday. The update comes after a historic winter storm brought several inches of snow to the gulf coast and shut down most of I-10 between Texas and Mississippi.

LOUISIANA (Louisiana Illuminator ... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles confirmed via phone that a verified blizzard impacted their area Tuesday with wind gusts of at least 35 mph and visibility reduced to one-quarter mile for at least three ...

NWS issued an early Tuesday warning for an unprecedented weather event in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas

Landry said snow and ice will create treacherous travel conditions in regions where there are accumulations and plunging temperatures could create water pressure and delivery problems throughout the state.