🌱 Is your family ready for Calcasieu schools’ August start dates?
Lake Charles, Louisiana Patch AM: a 4 min readCoffee in hand, Lake Charles? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Is your family ready for Calcasieu schools’ August start dates?
- Where Lake Charles anglers are finding the hottest redfish bites now
- How a Lake Charles–based project set a new whooping crane record
Also on today's calendar: Public Event - Library Riot and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Periods of sun, with a high of 93 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 94, low: 77.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 95 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Southwest Louisiana school districts prepare for upcoming school year (kplctv.com) — Lake Charles-area families are just weeks away from the new school year, with Calcasieu schools starting Aug. 13 and Jefferson Davis schools on Aug. 14. District leaders in Lake Charles and nearby parishes are hiring teachers, running orientations, and urging parents to reestablish routines, update contact information, and start back-to-school shopping now. 
• Calcasieu Lake's searing hot redfish action (louisianasportsman.com) — Anglers in and around Lake Charles are seeing reliable redfish action from Calcasieu Lake up to the saltwater barrier on the Calcasieu River. Local guide Eric Rue shares where to find bull and slot reds, how tides affect success, and why live mullet or pogies often outperform shrimp during these scorching summer months.
• Whooping cranes welcome record-breaking number of successfully fledging chicks (kplctv.com) — From Lake Charles, state wildlife officials report a record 10 whooping crane chicks successfully fledged in Louisiana this year, surpassing the previous high of eight. The long-running restoration project, started in 2011, is thriving, and residents are urged to report any suspicious activity around these protected birds through LDWF’s hotlines and tip app.
📸 Around Lake Charles
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Upcoming Events in
Lake Charles
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★ Featured events ★
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Drew Baldridge →
Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel & Casino, 2550 Golden Nugget Blvd, Lake Charles
8:00 pm
Saturday July 25
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Other local events
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Public Event - Library Riot →
Library Riot, 2601 Ryan St, Lake Charles
8:00 pm -
LA ROXX @Panorama Music House July 25, 2026 →
Panorama Music House, 331 Broad St, Lake Charles
9:00 pm -
Hunter Courts Vintage Collective at Panorama Music House →
Panorama Music House, 331 Broad St, Lake Charles
5:00 pm -
Abilene Flying Bison at Lake Charles Gumbeaux Gators →
Joe Miller Ballpark, 625 Cowboy Dr, Lake Charles
7:00 pm -
City Council Agenda Meeting →
Lake Charles Civic Center Lake Charles City Hall
5:30 pm -
2026 AI Unlocked
SWLA Chamber of Commerce SEED Center Lake Charles 2nd Floor 4310 Ryan Street Lake Charles, LA 70605
11:30 am -
Downtown Development Authority →
Lake Charles Civic Center City Council Chambers
5:00 pm
Saturday July 25
Sunday July 26
Tuesday July 28
Thursday July 30
Monday August 3
📣 Lake Charles Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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SC3 Chicken Fest →
West Cal Arena and Events Center, 401 Arena Rd, Sulphur
9:00 am -
Family Friendly! Safari Glow →
Painting with a Twist, 2712 Country Club Rd, Lake Charles
1:00 pm -
America the Beautiful Series: Texas Sunset →
Painting with a Twist, 2712 Country Club Rd, Lake Charles
4:00 pm -
Crawlers Unite! Bookish Paint Night →
Painting with a Twist, 2712 Country Club Rd, Lake Charles
7:30 pm
Saturday July 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ABM posted a job opening for Floor Technician in Lake Charles. Apply here.
- Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Maintenance Custodian Associate in Lake Charles. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Charles here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sulphur
- Sulphur man with brass knuckles arrested on felonies; possibly carrying explosive device, more (kplctv.com)
- Man accused of hitting woman in face with metal tool over dog in store, police say (kptv.com)
- From Dog Encounter to Assault: How a Minor Store Confrontation Spiraled into Violence – WENG 98.1FM, 107.5 FM & 1530 AM (wengradio.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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