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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - The new owners of the Crown Casino riverboat in Lake Charles say they plan to put the vessel up for sale. Bossier Casino Venture LLC closed a deal last week to buy the gambling boat - one of two Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. had in Lake Charles - for $15 million to get the license the company needs for a $197 casino resort in Bossier City. The American Press reported that ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. – From Pinnacle Entertainment - L’Auberge Casino Resort today announced the resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana created yet another instant multi-millionaire over the weekend. A guest from Humble, Texas won more than $2.5-million playing a Wheel of Fortune® quarter slot machine.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: ISLE - News) announced today that it has completed the sale of Grand Palais Riverboat, Inc. including the ...

On February 12, 2012, at 4:05 a.m., troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop D responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate Highway 10 near U.S. Highway 165 east of Iowa in Jefferson Davis Parish that claimed the life of a Lake Charles man.

Sign up and get ready to jump, crawl, swing, and slide for the first ever ReALLIEty Challenge, presented by Nissan of Lake Charles, adventure race on March 31. It is 3.5 miles of intense military-style obstacles and will take place on the corner of Manchester Rd and Highway 397 in Lake Charles.Lake Charles, Louisiana (PRWEB) February 14, 2012 Sign up and get ready to jump, crawl, swing, and ...

The company planning to build a new casino in Lake Charles will ask the state gaming control board for a 30 day extension on the start of construction.

(Lake Charles, La.) The Louisiana Swashbucklers announced today that John Goodman; local radio sports talk host, will assume the duties as the play by play voice for the upcoming 2012 Louisiana Swashbucklers season.

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has Issued a Flood Warning for Evangeline Parish until 10:30 tonight. According to the NWS, areas that will experience flooding are Mamou, Turkey Creek, Ville Platte, Beaver, Duralde, and Reddell. A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. National Weather Service Lake Charles Radar indicated that Up to 4 Inches of Rain had Fallen ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLE - News) announced today that, with respect to the transaction involving Isle's smaller riverboat in Lake Charles, Louisiana, ...

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana -- Isle of Capri Casinos completed the sale of a smallest of its two riverboat casinos in Lake Charles, La., to a company that plans to move the license to Bossier City.