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Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles (French: Lac Charles) is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish, it is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the southwest region of the state.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 71,993.[5] Lake Charles is the principal city of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area, having a population of 202,040.[6] It is the larger principal city of the Lake Charles-Jennings Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 225,235. The 2010 population of the five-parish area of Southwest Louisiana was 292,619.[7]
It is considered a regionally significant center of petrochemical refining, gaming, tourism, and education, being home to McNeese State University and Sowela Technical Community College. Because of the lakes and waterways throughout the city, metropolitan Lake Charles is often referred to as the Lake Area.
Lake Charles was founded by merchant and tradesman Marco Eliche (or Marco de Élitxe) as an outpost. He was a Sephardic Jewish trader of either Basque-Spanish or Venetian-Italian origins. He had arrived in Louisiana after hitchhiking and was invited onto a Spanish vessel due to his determination and loyalty to volunteer and work freely for the Spanish Empire. Long before incorporation and even before the Louisiana Purchase, other names for Lake Charles were Porte du Lafitte (Port of Jean Lafitte) or Rivière Lafitte (River Lafitte/Lafitte's River), among many other names now lost. Eliche had also founded other outposts and towns in Louisiana prior, most notably Marksville, which is named after him. There are also urban tales he had planned to name the settlement Nouveau Cadix (New Cádiz)", after the city in Spain, but this is uncertain.[citation needed]
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Lake Charles City Council to consider condemning damaged hotels
At Wednesday night’s Lake Charles City Council meeting, a public hearing was scheduled to address condemning the structures.
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'Skeleton town': LA fisherman forced to leave bayou homes behind as developers swoop in
Longtime fishers, shrimpers and locals are leaving behind part of their identity as insurance rates skyrocket. Meanwhile, wealthy outsiders are buying up properties to use as fishing camps.
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Boat capsizes on a lake in eastern Congo, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say
A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.
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A mass of debris covers North Carolina’s Lake Lure days after Hurricane Helene
A mass of debris, including overturned pontoon boats and splintered wooden docks and tree trunks, covered the surface of Lake Lure, a picturesque spot tucked between the mountains outside Asheville.
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Economist: SW La. economic forecast will depend on the election
Economist Loren C. Scott was in Lake Charles at the Southwest Louisiana Entrepreneurial and Economic Development Center SEED Center Tuesday to give his annual forecast – a big-picture, up-close look ...
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The Pryce name — and what it stood for — remembered in SW La.
Three generations of Pryce men and their families left an indelible mark on Lake Charles. Joyce Sonnier from the Calcasieu Parish SWLA Genealogical & Historical Library highlighted the family’s ...
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Lake Charles middle schooler arrested, charged with terrorizing over school threat
LAKE CHARLES, La. ( KLFY) — A 14-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly threatening to inflict harm at a football game tonight, authorities said.
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Crews break ground on new Mardi Gras Museum in Lake Charles
Work has begun on building a new Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu.Crews broke ground on the new building on Enterprise Boulevard, in the heart of the Nellie Lutcher Cultural District.The Mardi ...
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PPG to sell silicas product business to QEMETICA; includes Lake Charles facility
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - PPG has reached an agreement to sell its silicas products business to QEMETICA, a Poland-based company, for roughly $310 million in pre-tax proceeds. According to PPG’s ...
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Longshoremen strike unlikely to impact Port of Lake Charles
A strike is not expected at the Port of Lake Charles, where a different type of cargo is shipped than at the large container ports.
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CPSO: Lake Charles man shoots and kills neighbor, calls 911 to report it
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) — A Lake Charles man is charged with murder after shooting his neighbor in a dispute, and then calling 911 to report it, authorities said. According to the Calcasieu ...
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Technip Energies and KBR selected for a major LNG project by Lake Charles LNG
The KTJV joint venture between Technip Energies (PARIS:TE) and KBR has been selected for a major(1) Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction (EPFC) project by Lake Charles LNG. Subject ...