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Donations Being Collected for Hurricane Isaac Victims — How Can You Help?
The City of Sulphur, the City of Lake Charles and KPLC-TV are teaming up with former New Orleans Saint Mike McKenzie’s charity foundation to collect relief items for the victims of Hurricane Isaac — and you can help.
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Why Ride a Bike When You Could Hang From One — The ‘Laufradeln’ Will Confuse You
Sometimes, people take an existing idea and refine it in such a way that life is never the same. This is NOT one of those times.
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Lake Charles Police Hunt Robbery Suspect — Can You ID Him?
Lake Charles Police are searching for the man who robbed the Circle K on Jefferson Drive this past weekend. Can you help identify this man?
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UPDATE: How Is Hurricane Isaac Affecting Louisiana? We’ll Keep You Updated
UPDATE: 4:44 p.m. — No school for Jeff Davis Parish Thursday, either.
UPDATE: 4:37 p.m. — Calcasieu and Cameron parish schools will remain closed on Thursday.
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Forget Chuck Norris — Things You Didn’t Know About The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore
Let’s face it, The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore is the man. He fears no hurricane, no flood, no nor’easter, no tornado. He is the freakishly muscled and cut weather man with a ball cap and head full of weather. Women want him and men want to be him. But how did Jim Cantore become Jim Cantore? Well, there’s so much about him you never knew.
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Tropical Storm Isaac Expected to Bypass Southwest Louisiana
UPDATE 7 p.m., 8/27 — 26.7 N, 86.5 W, 70 mph, 981 mb: Isaac still remains too ragged to become strong enough to be a hurricane, but it is expected to get stronger overnight. Officials are becoming more concerned about the storm surge that will likely push ashore near the Louisiana/Mississippi border, and are also concerned that Isaac will come ashore near New Orleans and simply sit there dumping rain for hours. Last-minute evacuations are underway in the Crescent City.
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UPDATE: Brandon Scott Lavergne Pleads Guilty in Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate Murders, Tells How He Did It
In probably the only move left to him, Brandon Scott Lavergne pled guilty today to the murders of Michaela “Mickey” Shunick and Lisa Pate. And, in doing so, he revealed the heartbreaking story of how everything went down on that fateful night back in May when Shunick went missing — and on another night in 1999 when he killed Lisa.
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Could Brandon Scott Lavergne Have Led Police to Mickey Shunick’s Body?
KPEL Newsradio is reporting that Brandon Scott Lavergne, the suspect in the murder of Michaela “Mickey” Shunick, was checked out of jail yesterday at roughly the same time police were discovering the body they believe is hers.
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UPDATE: Lafayette Police Believe They’ve Found Mickey Shunick’s Body
After a tense afternoon of back-and-forth in the media, Lafayette’s Police Chief Jim Craft confirmed to multiple media outlets that officials believe they have found the body of missing UL-Lafayette student Mickey Shunick, who has been missing since May.
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Too Early to Tell Where Tropical Storm Ernesto Will Go … Or How Strong He’ll Be
Sometime in the middle of next week, Tropical Storm Ernesto will likely be making landfall on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico — but exactly where is still a mystery. And while Ernesto is throwing out winds of around 50 mph this morning, it’s still uncertain at this hour just how strong he’ll become.
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12-Year-Old Shooting Victim Remains in Critical Condition, Shooter’s Case Turned Over To DA
The 12-year-old boy allegedly shot by his 16-year-old cousin over the weekend remains in critical condition, according to Lake Charles police. The fate of the alleged shooter, meanwhile, also remains in the air.
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Picture of ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Shooter James Eagan Holmes Released
The University of Colorado has released a photo of the “Dark Knight Rises” shooter. James Holmes, 24, was arrested after killing 12 and wounding several dozen others during a midnight showing of the movie.