Amanda Johnson
Digital Producer
Amanda Johnson is a digital news producer at KPLC. As a native of Lake Charles, she loves writing about the Southwest Louisiana area. She has been writing stories since she learned to hold a pen.
Amanda fell in love with newswriting at McNeese State University, where she majored in journalism and attended conferences with the Society of Professional Journalists. She graduated in 2020. When outside the newsroom, Amanda enjoys traveling, reading, baking and writing fiction.
Louisiana Medicaid advises members that they may receive an automated phone call in the next few weeks asking them to update their contact information. The caller ID will show “Louisiana Department of Health,” and this is not a scam.
CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana announced plans Thursday for a $5 million hybrid operating room at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital.
The SWLA Center for Health Services announced that its mobile unit will offer dental services to over 400 Calcasieu Parish Head Start students in February.
Calcasieu Parish Mosquito Control is reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquitoes after mosquitoes collected from the parish tested positive for the West Nile Virus.