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  • LSP: Truck driver in pileup may have been impaired

    January 29, 2013 10:58 AM

    GEISMAR - State Police arrested a truck driver they suspect to have been impaired when they were involved in a multi-vehicle wreck this morning in Ascension Parish. Troopers reopened La. 30 in Geismar after a six-vehicle pileup at 6:30 a.m. closed it for several hours. State Police said two... more »
  • La. 665 re-opened; swamp fire still burning

    January 15, 2012 4:50 PM

    POINTE AUX CHENES, La. - State police closed Louisiana Highway 665 in Pointe-aux-Chenes for nearly four hours because smoke from a nearby swamp fire limited visibility. Authorities tell The Courier that firefighters cannot reach the blaze in woods behind the highway. The highway in Pointe-aux-Chenes was closed from about 6... more »
  • LA 1 closed while Corps opens more Morganza bays

    May 16, 2011 2:12 PM

    MORGANZA - State Police closed LA 1 over the Morganza Spillway for a few hours today while more bays were opened to let water into the Atchafalaya Basin. Gov. Jindal said earlier today that two more bays would be opened at Morganza, bringing the total of open bays to... more »
  • LA 30 closed after tanker truck tips over

    November 10, 2010 12:10 PM

    ST. GABRIEL - State Police have shut down a state highway in Ascension Parish after an 18-wheeler carrying a hazardous chemical turned over and released some of its contents this morning. LA 30 at LA 3115 south of St. Gabriel has been closed while LSP and other agencies deal... more »

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