WELSH — The Jeff Davis Parish Library Board of Control recently met to decide the fate of a planned project to expand the McBurney Memorial Library in Welsh.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX's giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana energy company has reached a tentative $3.1 million settlement with the federal government over a 2017 Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams.
LAKE CHARLES — The Inaugural Reelin’ For Warriors Fishing Rodeo benefiting SWLA Veteran’s Association and United Way of Southwest Louisiana has been set for Saturday, June 24, at Calcasieu Point Landing.
A proposal to require all persons being transported by aircraft to wear life jackets equipped with personal locator beacons received unanimous approval from the Louisiana House of Representatives Tuesday and will move on to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
A state wildlife agency will be hosting an instructional event at various locations throughout the state and there is still time to sign up to participate.