The recently created Capital Area Road and Bridge District (CARB-D) is officially looking for a firm to conduct final studies the federal government requires for construction to begin on a new bridge.

The bridge connecting Claycut Road and S. Acadian Thruway over Dawson’s Creek has reopened after just under a year of construction.

A teenager was fatally struck by an SUV Tuesday night.

One person is dead after a crash involving a U-Haul truck Wednesday morning.

Here is a list of current road closures in the area.

Fortunately, Hurricane Barry did not deliver the punch it initially threatened, but that didn’t keep many in Livingston Parish from worrying about the wall along I-12. Improved designs in the wall barricade are now part of a federal law.