LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Lake Charles Police Department is currently investigating a shooting at an apartment complex. Sgt. Scott Dougherty of LCPD confirmed a shooting happened Monday night at Pecan Acres Apartments.

Wow! What an event this was with 4.8 inches of snow officially recorded at the National Weather Service office in Lake Charles. This ranks now as the 3rd highest snow total in history! The precipitation will come to an end late Tuesday,

Temperatures were below freezing today, but that didn’t stop Southwest Louisianans from experiencing this historic event.

Leigh McClendon is a former Shreveport teacher with over six million followers. The southern half of the ArkLaTex awoke to a dusting of snow on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The council is participating in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA), offering free tax preparation services to eligible people until April 15.

Night - Cloudy with a 60% chance of precipitation. Winds from NNE to N at 12 to 16 mph (19.3 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 27 °F (-2.8 °C). Flurries with a high of 33 °F (0.6 °C) and ...

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A National Weather Service office in Louisiana issued its first-ever blizzard warning on Tuesday amid snow and strong winds.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

A storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.

For example, Lake Charles, La., along the Gulf Coast, showed snowfall rates of over 1 inch per hour this morning and early afternoon and visibility down to a quarter of a mile with blowing snow. This is one of the reasons why blizzard warnings were posted briefly for that region earlier.