Alena Maschke

Families looking to pick out a live tree in Lafayette need not worry, there’s plenty to select from

Hilton announced plans to build a 154-room hotel on the grounds of the Lake Charles, La., Event Center. The city also announced plans to build an amphitheater on property that formerly housed the Capital One Tower.

The number of cannabis patients across Louisiana grew 60% over the past year and the state saw the third-largest increase in cannabis tax revenue nationwide in 2023.

of 2 A new cannabis dispensary opened near the casinos in Lake Charles on Wednesday.

The number of cannabis patients across Louisiana grew 60% over the past year and the state saw the third-largest increase in cannabis tax revenue nationwide in 2023.

Medical cannabis use has been picking up, including in southwest Louisiana. The number of patients across the state went up 60% over the past year.

The state has increasingly taken a backseat in providing inpatient mental health care, relying instead on outpatient services and private acute-care hospitals to fix Louisiana's mental health struggles.

It took almost two years for the Crowley Police Department to forward the case, which had been combined with a similar complaint from another woman, to the office of Don Landry, district attorney for the 15th Judicial DistrictOn Oct. 23, the DA’s office dismissed the case.

It took almost two years for the Crowley Police Department to forward the case, which had been combined with a similar complaint from another woman, to the office of Don Landry, district attorney for the 15th Judicial DistrictOn Oct. 23, the DA’s office dismissed the case.

After an appointment in May 2022, Bethany Cooney-Palmer left the offices of Crowley surgeon Dr. Bahman “Ben” Sabbaghian with an uneasy feeling.