Accidents and Emergencies

20+ hour, 56+ min ago   (84+ words) A building partially collapsed in the 600 block of Dauphine Street on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. The balcony of a residential building in the French Quarter collapsed on Monday afternoon, raining down debris and blocking the roadway. The collapse occurred in the 600 block…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (98+ words) A fire broke out in a Livingston Parish restaurant Wednesday night, after it was closed, a local fire department said. Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 9 responded at 9 p.m. to a fire at the Diversion Asian restaurant on La. 22 in Maurepas, Fire…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (376+ words) This truck crashed at Dalrymple Drive on I-10 west at about 4 a.m., closing down westbound traffic. The driver of the truck was transported to the hospital, police said. An 18-wheeler jackknifed on Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge early Wednesday, shutting down some of…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (139+ words) This truck crashed at Dalrymple Drive on I-10 west at about 4 a.m., closing down westbound traffic. The driver of the truck was transported to the hospital, police said. All lanes of Interstate 10 west in Baton Rouge have reopened after an 18-wheeler crash,…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (126+ words) All lanes of Interstate 10 east have opened, but I-10 west remains closed at Acadian Thruway after an 18-wheeler crash, Baton Rouge Police said shortly before 11 a.m. The truck crashed at Dalrymple Drive on I-10 west at about 4 a.m., closing down westbound traffic, with congestion…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (158+ words) A man is dead after he hit another vehicle while driving, which caused them both to crash into the Upper Grand River in Iberville Parish, troopers said. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday, Louisiana State Police began investigating a two-vehicle crash on…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (107+ words) Shrubbery spells out 'SOUTHERN,' with the A.W. Mumford football stadium in background, at the campus entrance. Southern University has canceled all classes for Tuesday after dealing with power outages across the campus, the university announced Monday evening. The Law School will…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (88+ words) AT&T customers in parts of Texas and Louisiana reported widespread internet disruptions Monday, with hundreds of users saying their fiber and broadband services were down, according to outage-tracking... AT&T internet outage: Hundreds report fiber and broadband services down;…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (100+ words) A Nepali student at Louisiana Tech watches helplessly from thousands of miles away as his home country battles devastating floods. With over 1,000 dead and 4,000 missing, he shares his anguish and the surreal feeling of seeing the destruction unfold, while Nepal's…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (137+ words) Shrubbery spells out 'SOUTHERN,' with the A.W. Mumford football stadium in background, at the campus entrance. Classes at Southern University won’t be begin until 1 p.m. today, after a campus-wide power outage, the university said in an online post today Tuesday morning....