Scott Lewis

We feel pretty confident that everyone reading this has a connection to someone with breast cancer. Unfortunately, that’s the common nature of breast cancer in the modern world. While things are better than they used to be – the overall survival rate of breast cancer is now 85 percent – it’s still too low a number by far. Only a 100-percent survival rate would be acceptable! That’s why the Ethel Precht Breast Cancer Walk is so important!

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As a precaution, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has issued a state of emergency declaration just in case Tropical Storm Lee heads this way. According to the jury, the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness will remain active in monitoring the weather system and address any safety issues as they develop.

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So D.J. K is out in the clubs one night, and he starts to see flashes of light coming from the floor. He wonders, “Did someone slip me something,” and then he realizes – NO! That guy’s shoes have lights on them … and they’re beating in time with the music!

Curious kitten that he his, D.J. K just had to know more, so he approached the guy, and turns out he’s from Lake Charles! Turns out, he made the shoe lights himself! Turns out his mind = blown!

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It’s going to be a tough weekend for LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Josh Johns, as Baton Rouge police have asked both men to turn themselves in for battery charges. They’re both staring down the barrel at felony charges for their involvement in a fight outside Shady’s Bar in Baton Rouge on Aug. 19. Video – smudgy and scratchy though it is – has surfaced from the incident online, and eyewitnesses are falling all over themselves to implicate the pair in the brawl.

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With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks fast approaching, City of Lake Charles officials announced Thursday that a commemoration ceremony is planned to honor those who fell in the attacks.

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After J.Dash hopped the stage and finished his concert on a tabletop on floor of the Longhorn Club last Friday night, V.I.C. only had one way to top him -- by leading "The Wobble" himself from the dance floor!  Here's some video from the dance floor -- it made security nervous, but it made the crowd go wild!

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If you weren't at the Texas Longhorn Club in Vinton last Friday night, then you missed a helluva show with V.I.C. and J.Dash. All this week, we'll be bringing you concert footage we shot live on stage -- or in this case with J.Dash, live on the floor.

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For the third straight day, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a heat advisory for most of Louisiana. It's not really a surprise, but it should be an eye-opener for you if you have elderly neighbors or friends without air conditioning.

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Tropical Storm Don is blowin' and goin' in the center of the Gulf of Mexico, but for the moment, he doesn't seen inclined to head toward Southwest Louisiana. Of course, tropical systems change their minds pretty quickly when they feel like it.

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Amy Winehouse’s life was cut tragically short this past weekend after years of known substance abuse issues. And the sad thing is this: many of us may know someone like this in our own lives. Can anything positive come out of Amy Winehouse’s death? It can if you get help for yourself or the ones you love.

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Details are still sketchy at this hour, but there have been reports that a woman opened fire at noon today at the Ross Dress for Less at the Prien Lake Plaza Shopping Center in Lake Charles.

The suspect has been arrested and one victim has been transported to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to police, but no names or details on injuries have been released yet

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The LSU Football program received a black eye on the program by admitting violations that occured in 2009 and the NCAA accepted the self imposed sanctions LSU put on themselves.

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