Petes Hwy Louisiana News Reports

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The bridges, which cross over the Pearl River and date back to the 1930s, have been closed to motorists since May 2022. Read More

A longtime flooring and countertop business has purchased a building on Airline Highway for $1.2 million and plans to move its showroom and offices there. Read More

The bridges connect Mississippi and Louisiana and provide an alternate route during hurricane evacuations and I-10 traffic jams. They have been closed since 2022, frustrating residents on both sides ... Read More

A New Iberia man died Wednesday after the motorcycle he was driving ran off the road and crashed, troopers say. Read More

The Department of Transportation and Development announced it is moving forward with the new Interstate 10-Calcasieu River Bridge and in a separate news release, told how it plans to spend $67.5 ... Read More

COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. - A man with a felony warrant was arrested in College Place late Tuesday night during a bicycle traffic stop. Read More

LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WTVF) - The city of La Vergne opened a brand new fire station along Old Nashville Highway Wednesday. Fire officials say the $12 million project, funded by the city, has been in the ... Read More

A semi-truck driver was sent to the hospital on Wednesday after crashing into another semi, causing a fiery crash in Ionia County. Read More

Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily have found five bodies and searched for a sixth as questions intensified about why the sailboat sank so quickly ... Read More

Emergency workers in southern Italy are still hunting for six people missing after a tornado sank a luxury yacht early Monday - prompting an air and naval operation off the coast of Sicily. Fifteen ... Read More

A Van Nuys man was arrested Tuesday night in a North Hollywood hit-and-run crash that killed a 27-year-old woman who was training for a marathon. Read More

The Bogalusa Police Department arrested a man accused of a burglary that ended in a crash and attempted carjacking earlier this week in the city. On Monday, Aug. 19, Bogalusa police officers responded ... Read More

A man was arrested Tuesday after leading sheriff's deputies on a pursuit through Encinitas that resulted in multiple vehicle collisions. Read More

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has a design in the works that could have traffic moving in and out of St. Tammany to Mississippi once again, but it begins with selling the ... Read More

Paving is scheduled to commence soon on Columbus Avenue, which has been the site of a $3 million water-line improvement project by Aqua. The initial phase of the project is complete, with the ... Read More

Contractors for the Bossier Parish Highway Department will be working on four roads in the parish for the next three days as part of the Bossier ... Read More

Construction of the Louisiana Highway One Intracoastal Bridge has been a long process. It was delayed back in early 2023 due to unexpected settlement issues. Read More

Ahead of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a group of state and local officials are rallying around a bill that would require all new passenger vehicles to have AM radio. Read More