BATON ROUGE - A project to enlarge the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport rotunda is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2013. The rotunda expansion is the first part of a four-phase, $9 million project that will include new enclosed curbside check-in, new flooring and new restrooms. Ralph... more »
BATON ROUGE - The Department of Transportation and Development is working with the contractors to determine how Hurricane Isaac affected the completion date of the I-10 widening in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Work stopped from Aug. 27 to Sept. 5 due to the storm. Before that another delay happened... more »
NEW IBERIA - Governor Bobby Jindal marked the completion today of a $5.4 million I-49 South project that constructed 2.75 miles of frontage roads along U.S. 90 from La. 83 to Darnall Road.
Governor Jindal said, "The completion of this project is a big step in our effort to... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Two East Baton Rouge Parish schools will grow bigger by the time children return from winter break. Southeast Middle and Villa del Rey Elementary schools are getting more classrooms, eight and six respectively, and both projects are almost complete.
Those additions are set to... more »
BATON ROUGE - Hundreds of degree programs could be cut from universities, community colleges and technical colleges across Louisiana.
The Board of Regents released a list of more than 450 programs it identifies as having low completion rates.
LSU and Southern University could be among the big losers;... more »
BATON ROUGE - The company which owns land a massive sinkhole appeared on blamed their insurance carrier today for the holdup in buyouts for nearby... more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas' state treasurer is being accused of repeatedly taking cash payments, sometimes in a pie box, from a broker who saw... more »
MARSKVILLE - A 21-year-old inmate who escaped Friday from a work detail in Marksville has been captured. Avoyelles Parish sheriff's deputies tell The Town Talk... more »