Update: DOTD reported just before 9:40 p.m. that I-10 East has been reopened but advised that traffic is still backed up to Elysian Fields Avenue.

A man accused of leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash on Interstate 10 has been arrested, according to documents Louisiana State Police filed in Criminal District Court.

The Louisiana Avenue/I-10 corridor is becoming a major commercial hub for the region and nost just Lafayette. Buc-ee's could lift that area "to a place we don’t even realize yet," Mayor-President Monique Boulet said.

The interstate was eventually reopened but the exit and entrance lanes for I-10 east at mile marker 103 are still closed. Detours utilizing service roads, as well as the University and Louisiana Ave. exits are available to traffic needing to enter I-49 from I-10 E.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to ask for help to lower commercial tolls planned for the new Interstate 10-Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles. He also spoke about the need for a streamlined federal environmental review process and help in building the I-10 Bridge in Baton Rouge.

Beginning in 1926, drivers traveling through the Golden Triangle to Houston or to Louisiana traveled on a narrow 2-lane paved highway known as U.S. Highway 90. However, in 1957 construction

South Arkansas residents are bracing for an arctic air mass that will drop daytime highs to the freezing point, and overnight lows to around 20 through Tuesday.

The Euro Model shows snow accumulation in most of the state, with the heaviest snow falling in southeastern Louisiana. The GFS Model shows points south of I-10, including New Orleans, getting a mix of rain,

A crash on the east-bound I-610 closed the highway and caused lengthy delays Saturday afternoon. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development first reported the incident around 10:50 a.m.

Louisiana authorities are clearing homeless encampments around the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans ahead of next month’s Super Bowl. Gov. Jeff Landry (R) announced the sweep in an executive

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order that will assist in efforts surrounding the unhoused community.

Soon after Arctic air expands into the south-central and southeastern United States, a storm will brew along the Texas coast and spread a swath of ice and snow eastward across the Gulf Coast states in the week ahead,