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• Neighborhood hires off-duty deputy to help alleviate traffic headache Play Video

  February 5, 2019 6:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Expansion of urban areas could be trapping people in their own neighborhoods. There's so much traffic during the early morning hours from Iberville Parish on LA 30, one neighborhood has hired a sheriff's deputy to help direct traffic. Since they have the money to do this,... more »

• DOTD looking at improving LA 30

  April 25, 2016 8:05 PM

  ASCENSION PARISH- The Department of Transportation and Development is looking to improve traffic along LA 30. Traffic is currently so bad, that drivers take alternative routes to avoid it. “It’s a straight shot from my area to come to work this way. But I avoid it and I actually make... more »

• DOTD: LA 30 near Gonzales now open after closed due to down power lines

  March 30, 2016 10:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - DOTD tweeted that LA 30 is closed due to down power lines Wednesday morning. DOTD states that both directions of LA 30 will be closed east of I-10 (Gonzales) and advises drivers to take an alternative route. LA 30 is closed in both directions east... more »

• Vehicle recovery operations close 1 lane of I-10 East near Gonzales

  February 15, 2016 5:36 PM

  GONZALES - The left lane of I-10 East past LA 30 near Gonzales is blocked as crews work to recover a vehicle from the median. Traffic is passing through in the right lane at this time with minimal congestion related to the accident. Rainy conditions could quickly cause... more »

• Man suspected of DWI arrested for vehicular homicide after passenger dies in wreck

  February 5, 2016 12:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State Police say they arrested a man on a vehicular homicide charge after the passenger of a vehicle he was driving while under the influence crashed into a guardrail in East Baton Rouge Parish. 33-year-old Sean Hopkins was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish... more »