Governor, first lady kick off Christmas celebrations at Governor’s Mansion

Louisiana public officials at the federal, state, and local level apparently had a grand old time at this year’s Washington Mardi Gras. I have always found it difficult to get too excited about Mardi Gras, which many revelers probably consider to be a treasonous attitude. U.S. Rep. Julie Letlow,...

An extended period of showers and thunderstorms will begin Wednesday morning as precipitation spreads into lower southeast Texas. The National Weather Service’s Lake Charles office said the rain will increase in coverage throughout the day before continuing into Thursday when a low pressure center crosses south Louisiana as a congealed mass of heavy showers and some organized thunderstorms. Damaging wind gusts and a brief, isolated tornado will be possible in stronger storms or line segments that may develop.

For a second consecutive year, St. Louis Catholic’s soccer program earned a pair of top-four seeds in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association soccer playoffs. The St. Louis boys are the highest-seeded team from Southwest Louisiana at No. 3 in Division III. The Saints have won five of their last seven games and tied DeRidder for the District 3-III championship.