Title: The Morning Brief: Lake Charles.US is live
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Good morning, Lake Charles. This is the first Morning Brief on a brand-new site, so a quick word about what you’re looking at.
Lake Charles.US pulls every local headline from the outlets that cover Southwest Louisiana — the American Press, KPLC, the Louisiana Illuminator and more — onto one front page, summarizes each in a sentence or two, and sends you to the original reporting for the full story. The reporters do the work; we just put it in one place and give you somewhere to talk about it.
That last part is the point. Every story has a comments section open to registered members only. No anonymous drive-bys, no bots. Make an account, say what you think, argue with your neighbors like we do everywhere else in this town — just keep it about the story, not the person.
I’m a local who lives here and works here, and I built this because I was tired of checking five sites and a dozen Facebook groups to find out what was going on. I’m excited to see what Lake Charles does with it.
On the front page this morning:
- Weather: KPLC’s First Alert team says milder for a few days before the next front brings cooler air.
- Prep sports: The American Press has the bi-district football playoff pairings and the state volleyball quarterfinal schedule — plus Javon Vital’s four-touchdown day in LCCP’s 3-4A title win.
- Community: The Alliance to Fight Human Trafficking in SWLA has announced a scholarship sponsorship opportunity.
- State politics: The Illuminator looks at how Louisiana voters picked Democrats with conservative records on social issues for the runoffs.
- Scams: A KPLC piece on how fake businesses can become a real problem for you — worth a read before the holidays.
How to help a new site: create a free account and leave one comment today. Send us a tip if you know about something we should be covering. Tell one friend. And if you own a business here and want to reach the people who live here, we’d love to talk.
See you tomorrow morning.