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Lake Charles doctor recognized for procedure offering long-term relief from chronic back pain (opens the original)
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - September marks Pain Awareness Month, a time dedicated to patients living with chronic pain and to advocating for proper medical care. For one Lake Charles man, speaking up about his pain — and finding a doctor willing to listen — changed his life. Pat Soileau’s back problems started nearly two years ago while he was building a loft in his shop. “I leaned on it, and it wasn’t nailed in, and — phew — it crashed,” Soileau said. The fall left him with cracked vertebrae an
Lake Charles mother opens up about struggles amid SNAP changes (opens the original)
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Jamie Brown is a mother of two who has had two heart surgeries in her lifetime, leaving her unable to work. “If I were able-bodied and I was able to work, I would love to go back to work, but I can’t. I used to do in-home healthcare. I miss my patients... and now I’m the one in need of help,” Brown said. Brown has received SNAP benefits since she was 18. She said the program has changed significantly since then. “Receiving SNAP back then is much different from receivin
Louisiana to pay more for SNAP as new federal changes take effect Oct. 1 (opens the original)
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Several changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are coming starting Oct. 1, enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill. States’ administrative costs to run SNAP will increase from 50% to 75%, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Louisiana’s Division of Administration estimates the change will cost the state $42.3 million this year. The increase comes as the annual cost-of-living adjustment is also slightly raising SNAP benef
Mother of 15-year-old killed in shooting speaks out (opens the original)
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The mother of a 15-year-old boy killed in a Lake Charles shooting is speaking out for the first time, opening up about her grief and the mission she’s created in her son’s honor. Joseph Spears was shot Aug. 4 on Combre Street after a verbal altercation broke out between him and one of four teens at a home there, according to Lake Charles police. Investigators said the teen allegedly shot Joseph before running away on foot with the other three suspects. All four juvenil
Jennings police enforce zero tolerance after 15-year-old tied to park pole (opens the original)
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JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) — Jennings police are adopting a zero-tolerance policy after a series of homecoming pranks escalated into dangerous criminal activity and vandalism across the city this week, according to Police Chief Danny Semmes. Semmes said police are investigating an incident that occurred Wednesday night at Houssiere Park, where a 15-year-old student was tied to a pole, covered in shaving cream, mustard, dish soap, even dead fish, and then abandoned by peers. “The information I got was
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