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• Feds investigate leak of first lady's credit info

  March 12, 2013 12:42 PM

  LOS ANGELES - First lady Michelle Obama is the latest public figure to have her Social Security number and credit report leaked online by a website posting private data on celebrities and government officials. The FBI and the Secret Service are investigating the site, which has credit info on stars... more »

• DEQ searching for source of school-closing smell Play Video

  February 8, 2013 5:56 PM

  SCOTLANDVILLE - Parents said they were frightened to hear a gas leak closed their children's school today in north Baton Rouge. Lucille McKnight said she received a phone call about 10:30 a.m. Friday with a recorded message from Crestworth Elementary telling her there was a gas leak, and parents... more »

• Road shut down after workers hit gas line

  February 7, 2013 5:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police closed a portion of highway near LSU after workers pierced a gas line in the area this evening. Police closed West McKinley Street between Ilinois Street and Nicholson while HazMat crews responded to the leak. The nearby section of railroad was also closed until the... more »

• Contractor causes gas leak near Prairieville

  February 6, 2013 4:21 PM

  PRAIRIEVILLE - Firefighters responded to a leaking natural gas line that officials said was hit during road work. A Prairieville Fire captain said it happened around 2 p.m., and the leak was stopped in less than an hour. Rick Webre with Ascension Parish emergency management said a contractor... more »

• Oil cleanup resuming at leaking Miss. River barge

  January 31, 2013 2:49 AM

  JACKSON, Miss. - Vessels are moving cautiously through a section of the Mississippi River where a barge is leaking oil as the Coast Guard tries to ease the economic impact of shutting down one of the nation's vital commerce routes. Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski says officials are allowing northbound... more »

• FAA to launch comprehensive review of Boeing 787

  January 11, 2013 7:28 AM

  WASHINGTON - Federal regulators say they are ordering a comprehensive review of the critical systems of Boeing's 787s, the aircraft maker's newest and most technologically advanced plane, after a fire and a fuel leak earlier this week. The Federal Aviation Administration says the review will include the design, manufacture... more »

• 'All clear' given after ammonia leak forces evacuations

  January 10, 2013 9:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE- People who were evacuated from their homes when ammonia leaked from an ice facility were allowed to return late Thursday evening. The leak was reported at the Reddy Ice facility on Myrtle Ave. Ammonia was found leaking from coolers at the business. Law enforcement evacuated a... more »

• Ammonia leak leads to evacuation in Baton Rouge Play Video

  January 10, 2013 3:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities evacuated an area of Baton Rouge after a reported ammonia leak this afternoon. The leak was reported at the Reddy Ice facility on Myrtle Ave. Ammonia was found leaking from coolers at the business. Law enforcement evacuated a two-block radius around the business, including... more »

• CDC: Language barrier caused chlorine gas leak

  December 6, 2012 12:25 PM

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a chlorine gas leak at an Arkansas poultry plant last year that sickened nearly 200 people occurred because a worker couldn't read English. The CDC said in a report released Thursday that a Spanish-speaking worker at the Tyson... more »

• DEQ fines company over leaks after Isaac

  September 18, 2012 5:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - State regulators say they are issuing a $12,189 fine against a chemical terminal flooded during Hurricane Isaac because it did not notify authorities fast enough about chemical releases. On Tuesday, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said it issued the fine against Stolthaven New Orleans LLC, a... more »

• Report: Isaac damaged 2 tanks, chemicals leaked

  September 14, 2012 10:13 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A chemical storage facility southeast of New Orleans that flooded during Hurricane Isaac reported to state officials that no more than about 38,700 gallons of chemicals leaked from two tanks damaged by storm surge and that an underdetermined amount of chemicals flowed off the facility's grounds. The... more »

• Road re-opened after gas leak

  September 11, 2012 10:40 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Emergency crews re-opened Siegen Lane in Baton Rouge after a natural gas leak earlier this morning. A spokesperson for St. George Fire Department said construction crews struck an underground natural gas line in the area of Siegen and North Mall Drive near I-10. Siegen was... more »

• Fireball on I-10 is first step toward clearing wreck, opening highway Play Video

  August 23, 2012 12:57 AM

  Update: 3:38 a.m. - Fire officials say the evacuation and shelter in place have been lifted for residents living around the accident site on I-10 at Essen. BATON ROUGE- Emergency crews began the process of cleaning up a hazardous materials crash scene on I-10 early Thursday morning. ... more »

• Small leak reported, contained at plant Tuesday evening

  May 22, 2012 10:35 PM

  PLAQUEMINE- A small chlorine leak has been reported at the Georgia Gulf plant on River Road, south of the town. News2 has been told the company dealt with the issue, and contained the leak. No word on how serious the leak was, or what emergency personnel are responding,... more »

• DEQ: Refrigerant leak reported at Honeywell

  May 14, 2012 12:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Department of Environmental quality said a chemical leak was quickly addressed at the Baton Rouge Honeywell plant today, and didn't result in any emergency. A DEQ spokesperson said ten pounds of Trichlorofluoromethane, a form of freon refrigerant, was released from a leaking flange. The... more »

• ExxonMobil rushes to clean up oil leak Play Video

  April 30, 2012 5:37 PM

  TORBERT, La.- ExxonMobil is rushing to clean up at least 80,000 gallons of crude oil that leaked from one of their pipelines over the weekend. Engineers in Houston noticed a loss of pressure in the pipeline Saturday night and immediately shut it down, but the source of the leak... more »

• Chemical leak reported at Avondale container yard

  January 16, 2012 2:05 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Authorities say there has been a chemical leak at Avondale Container Yard. Jefferson Parish firefighters arrived at the scene early Monday. The chemical was identified as sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate, a substance used in fungicides and algaecides. The Environmental Protection Agency says sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate is used... more »

• Overturned oil tanker causes major headache Play Video

  November 28, 2011 5:11 PM

  CLINTON-- It took crews nearly 11 hours to clean up the roadway after an oil tanker carrying more than 7,300 gallons of crude oil ran off the road and flipped over into a ditch. Motorists were left to maneuver the long way around the spill from 3 a.m. until... more »

• Raw sewage spews into busy Baton Rouge street

  September 6, 2011 3:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A broken piece of galvanized pipe is to blame for causing raw sewage to spew into a busy street in Baton Rouge. The Department of Public Works fixed the line that feeds into 50 other pumping stations late this afternoon. The sewage litters the intersections of Hooper... more »

• Port Allen looking for details, long-term plans following tank leak

  August 1, 2011 10:19 PM

  PORT ALLEN- People in Port Allen, near the Port of Greater Baton Rouge wanted answers Monday night about a chemical leak two weeks ago and made their concerns heard loud and clear. On July 18, Ammonia leaked while crews were moving asphalt into a storage tank. People complained the... more »

• DPW finds raw sewage seeping into storm drains

  July 18, 2011 5:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - On South Amite Drive north of Florida Boulevard near the parish line, neighbors are dealing with a stinky situation. The sewer line has two leaks sending raw sewage into the storm drains. The smell stings the nostrils, and Claretha Kinchen is fed up. She called... more »

• Gas leak closes portion of street, park in BR

  April 21, 2011 7:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A construction crew digging at Independence Park in Baton Rouge hit a gas line this afternoon and caused a significant leak, according to the city fire department. Robert Combs with BRFD said they've shut down Independence Street north of the park between East Airport Drive and... more »

• 'All Clear' given for natural gas leak on LSU campus

  March 10, 2011 11:13 AM

  UPDATE 12:08 p.m. - LSU officials have given the all-clear after this morning's natural gas leak, and people are being allowed back into the affected area. BATON ROUGE - LSU officials sent out a campus-wide alert a short time ago, warning people to stay away from a natural gas... more »

• Gas leak stopped at Gulf platform

  January 30, 2011 9:49 AM

  LAKE CHARLES- Federal authorities say a natural gas leak has been stopped at a platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the southwestern Louisiana coast. The platform is located about 93 miles offshore, south of Lake Charles, in about 173 feet of water. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,... more »

• UPDATE: I-10 reopen after poisonous gas leak

  October 30, 2010 9:59 AM

  Interstate 10 is reopen between I-49 and LA 415. Officials say an 18-wheeler was leaking a poisonous gas because of a loose valve. The truck was transporting Silicon Tetrafluoride, which is an inhalation hazard. Emergency and cleanup crews are at the scene. No homes were evacuated. News... more »

• Chalmette refinery leak temporarily solved, one worker killed

  October 8, 2010 10:31 AM

  State Police say a hydrogen sulfide gas leak at Chalmette Refining LLC's Chalmette plant has been contained, but not completely sealed. Trooper Melissa Matey said Friday that workers are waiting for a part needed to finish closing the leak. She says the leak is being monitored and has not affected... more »

• Greek company to pay $700,000 in pollution case

  September 30, 2010 5:15 AM

  A Greek shipping company has been ordered to pay $700,000 in criminal penalties for violating federal pollution laws. Stanships Inc. of Athens, Greece, pleaded guilty in June to charges that one of its ships knowingly discharged oil in the Gulf of Mexico and falsified ship records to conceal the pollution.... more »

• One lane of I-55 North reopens

  September 21, 2010 10:18 AM

  UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. One lane of I-55 Northbound has been reopened near Independence in Tangipahoa Parish. Hazmat crews are cleaning chemicals off the highway after a tanker truck started leaking. Dispatchers said the truck driver pulled over around 9 a.m. when he discovered the truck was leaking a... more »

• Coast Guard: no signs of oil leaking from platform fire

  September 3, 2010 10:39 AM

  Daybreak brought no reports of oil leaking from an offshore oil platform that erupted in flames Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. Petty Officer Steve Lehmann in New Orleans said an 87-foot Coast Guard cutter patrolling the area has not reported any signs of leaks. A... more »

• Feds downplay risk of oil leak when cap removed

  September 1, 2010 11:32 AM

  The federal government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico spill response says there is no "significant risk" that more oil will leak into the sea when engineers remove the temporary cap Thursday that first contained the gusher in mid-July. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Wednesday that vessels... more »

• Evacuation order cancelled for chemical leak

  August 30, 2010 11:14 AM

  UPDATE: People evacuated from their homes after a chemical in North Baton Rouge are now allowed to return home. The Baton Rouge Fire Department was called to the Kelly Trace Apartments at 999 Rosenwald just before 3 a.m., after residents reported a foul smell in the area. Firefighters found... more »

• Oil leak from well in Jefferson Parish capped

  August 2, 2010 6:17 AM

  The Coast Guard says a leak from an abandoned oil well on Bayou St. Denis in southern Jefferson Parish has been capped. Capt. John Arenstam says the leak was capped shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday. A barge struck the long abandoned well on July 27. Oil skimming and recovery operations... more »

• I-10 back open

  July 30, 2010 4:13 AM

  3:40 a.m. Update : All lanes are open on I-10 west at the Lobdell/ LA 415 exit and on I-10 east at the Ramah exit are open. I-10 Eastbound and westbound is shutdown around the Grosse Tete exit. (Near mile marker 136) An 18-wheeler has overturned and is... more »

• Capping the "other well"

  July 28, 2010 11:13 AM

  Efforts are under way to cap a spewing wellhead in Barataria Bay. It's been leaking since yesterday. The Coast Guard says a towboat was pushing a barge on Mud Lake--just north of Barataria Bay-- when it hit the abandoned wellhead, around 1 a.m. The towboat captain says the... more »

• Obama: Nothing new in leaked documents

  July 27, 2010 12:12 PM

  President Obama spoke this morning, for the first time, on the massive leak of sensitive documents about the Afghanistan war. He said the disclosure of classified information from the battlefield "could potentially jeopardize individuals or operations," but he said the papers don't bring any new information to the table.... more »

• Oil spill work on hold as TS Bonnie approaches

  July 23, 2010 4:53 AM

  Work to permanently cap the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is at a standstill after ships were ordered to evacuate because of Tropical Storm Bonnie. There had been worries that the cap that has mostly contained the oil would have to be reopened and left gushing if... more »

• Feds let BP keep oil cap closed for another day

  July 19, 2010 6:24 AM

  Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says he's authorized BP to keep the cap on its busted well for another 24 hours after the company pledged to closely monitor the seafloor for signs of a new leak. Allen says a federal science team held a conference call with BP representatives Sunday... more »

• BP: No signs of underground leak

  July 16, 2010 7:45 AM

  BP says it is encouraged by early results from the latest cap on the Gulf well. At this time there is no sign of an underground leak. Over the next two days, BP will take regular pressure readings. A drop might indicate that oil is leaking somewhere else, such as... more »

• Testing to resume on cap

  July 15, 2010 9:03 AM

  BP says it hopes to restart the testing process on the cap it put on top of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, now that a leak in the machinery has been fixed. Testing of the cap's capabilities could begin later today. The work was interrupted after a leak was... more »

• BP asked to pay to plug leaking levee

  July 10, 2010 1:16 PM

  Terrebonne Parish levee officials are asking BP to pay for a temporary plug in a leaking levee, fearing oil from its busted well in the Gulf of Mexico could pass through. The Houma Courier reported the Terrebonne Levee District wants $298,000 for work on the levee in the Montegut area.... more »

• Whale sharks spotted near oil spill

  July 1, 2010 10:19 AM

  Whale sharks may be the latest casualty of the Gulf oil spill. The giant fish have been seen in heavy oil a few miles from the spewing well. Whale sharks feed by vacuuming in large amounts of water in their mouths, filtering plankton and other food. That means the... more »

• One injured in house explosion

  June 30, 2010 5:32 AM

  One person was injured after a natural gas leak caused an explosion at a home in Old South Baton Rouge. It happened around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday at 1502 Matilda Street. Firefighters say there something inside the home ignited causing an explosion, leveling the home. One person was taken to the... more »

• Gulf oil relief well ahead of schedule

  June 17, 2010 10:05 AM

  A rig drilling a relief well meant to help stop the oil from flowing into the Gulf of Mexico is ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Adm. Thad Allen says the drill is 10,000 feet below the seabed. It could come within ten feet of the... more »

• Oil in Utah leaked from quarter-size hole

  June 14, 2010 2:28 PM

  Chevron says a hole the size of a quarter, caused 33,000 gallons of oil to leak into a creek in Salt Lake City. Refinery officials say the leak was caused by an electrical arc that traveled through a metal fence post. The spill has coated about 300 birds... more »

• BP to boost ability to capture oil from leak

  June 10, 2010 10:41 AM

  BP says it plans to boost its ability to catch oil leaking from the well in the Gulf by early next week. By then, a drilling rig should be set up to capture and burn about 420,000 gallons of oil daily. Once that oil makes it onto a processing ship,... more »

• Containment dome: capturing 630,000 gallons per day

  June 9, 2010 10:58 AM

  The oil containment process in the Gulf of Mexico is capturing up to 630,000 gallons of oil a day, and that amount could double by next week, according to Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen. He acknowledges that the amount of oil being contained is close to exceeding the capacity on... more »

• Allen: Containment cap continuing to show promise

  June 8, 2010 9:29 AM

  Adm. Thad Allen says a containment cap installed on the BP rig is helping to limit the leak. Allen says more than 14,800 barrels of oil have been kept out of Gulf waters in the last 24 hours. Allen also says the amount of oil kept from spilling into the... more »

• BP: 48 hours before clear if mud stops oil leak

  May 28, 2010 6:13 AM

  The chief executive of BP PLC says it will be about 48 hours before they know if pumping heavy mud into a blown-out well is successful in stopping the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. CEO Tony Hayward says his confidence level in the well-plugging bid remains at about 60... more »

• How the "top kill" works

  May 26, 2010 6:13 PM

  The "top kill" is BP's newest plan for stopping the oil leak in the Gulf. It involves pumping mud and concrete into the blowout preventer, the device sitting directly on top of the well. News 2's Luke Margolis gets answers on what's being done five thousand feet deep. more »

• BP CEO yet to make call on choking Gulf oil gusher

  May 26, 2010 6:26 AM

  BP CEO says expects to decide this morning whether to go ahead with filling oil leak with mud. BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward says if he gives the green light, he expects the so-called top kill procedure to happen Wednesday. Hayward pegged its chances of success in this case... more »

• BP: Equipment in place for Gulf 'top kill' try

  May 25, 2010 9:11 AM

  BP engineers say they have the equipment in place to try a complicated procedure that they hope will seal the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well. BP says they hope to launch the "top kill" on Wednesday and will soon start 12 hours of tests to prepare for the maneuver.... more »

• Memorial for oil workers

  May 25, 2010 7:17 AM

  The 11 workers who were killed when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded will be remembered in a memorial service this afternoon in Jackson, Miss. The explosion triggered a massive leak that's been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month. BP's attempts to stop the leak... more »

• BP: 2,000 barrels a day now captured from oil leak

  May 18, 2010 8:45 AM

  BP says its mile-long tube siphoning oil from a blown-out well is bringing more crude to the surface. BP PLC says the narrow tube is now drawing 2,000 barrels a day for collection in a tanker, double the amount when it started operation Sunday. The company hopes the method can... more »

• Smaller oil containment box lowered into the Gulf

  May 12, 2010 5:35 AM

  A second, smaller oil containment box was lowered into the sea near the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. The box was being slowly submerged to the seabed, but it won't be placed over the spewing well right away. BP says engineers want to make sure everything is configured... more »

• Senate hearings prompting spill blame game

  May 11, 2010 6:42 AM

  The finger-pointing has started as Congress begins hearings today on the massive oil spill in the Gulf. Executives of the three companies involved in the drilling activities are trying to shift responsibility to each other in Testimony prepared for a pair of hearings. Lawmakers are expected to ask BP why... more »

• BP pumps dispersant on main oil leak

  May 10, 2010 10:33 AM

  BP has received approval from the Environmental Protection Agency to continuously spray chemicals underwater on the main oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers began pumping the chemicals on the site at 4:30 a.m. Monday morning. The dispersants had never been tried at 5,000 feet underwater. Experts have... more »

• Blowout preventers known to fail

  May 8, 2010 10:16 AM

  An Associated Press investigation shows cutoff valves like the one that failed to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster have repeatedly broken down at other wells in the years since federal regulators weakened testing requirements. These steel monsters known as blowout preventers guard the mouth of wells and... more »

• So far, few oiled birds, no turtles, brought in

  May 7, 2010 5:27 AM

  When you're getting ready to rescue sea turtles from an oil spill, the shopping list includes 50 wading pools. Michele Kelley, Louisiana state marine mammal and sea turtle stranding coordinator, says they've probably ruined every child's summer in New Orleans because they bought all the kidding pools. But so far,... more »

• Preparing for possible ill effects from oil spill

  May 7, 2010 5:16 AM

  There are a variety of hazards to human health if and when the full brunt of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill washes ashore. The list of potential threats runs from temporary, minor nuisances such as runny noses and headaches to long-term risks such as cancer if contaminated seafood ends... more »

• Giant box close to being over oil-spewing well

  May 7, 2010 5:10 AM

  A 100-ton containment box is close to being in place over a blown-out well that's been spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The first mate of the supply boat that brought the box to the site, confirmed a radio transmission from the nearby vessel lowering the device that said... more »

• Boat with containment box at oil site

  May 6, 2010 6:30 AM

  A boat carrying a 100-ton concrete-and-steel contraption designed to siphon off the oil fouling the Gulf of Mexico has arrived at the spot in the sea where a blown-out well is spewing petroleum. Engineers hope it will be the best short-term solution to controlling the leak that has only worsened... more »

• Gulf Coast watches, waits for path of oil spill

  May 4, 2010 7:43 AM

  Today winds and waves are calmer as masses of oil lurk offshore. People continue to watch and wait for the weather and ocean currents to determine where the slick would finally come ashore. So far only oil sheens have reached into some coastal waters. The oil's slow progress -- despite... more »

• Administration to press BP to settle Gulf claims

  May 4, 2010 6:26 AM

  The Obama administration is promising to make BP foot the bill for the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, but it may not be as simple as it sounds. The administration is keeping track of cleanup costs. The law passed after the Exxon Valdez spill makes BP liable for cleanup costs.... more »

• BP to pay for cleanup

  May 3, 2010 7:23 AM

  Update: BP vows to pay "all necessary and appropriate clean-up costs" from Gulf oil spill. The chief executive of BP says crews have been able to reduce the amount of oil reaching the surface with a new approach of using chemicals. Hayward says BP is injecting dispersant chemicals into the... more »

• Fishermen deploy for boom work

  May 3, 2010 5:57 AM

  Fishermen in St. Bernard Parish defended their homeland in a last-ditch effort to stem the tide of oil pushing into the marshes southeast of New Orleans. At Elephant Pass, about 200 fishermen in 55 boats got to work unloading and anchoring the orange booms in waterways leading into saltwater marshes... more »

• Leak being downplayed?

  May 1, 2010 9:59 AM

  One expert warns that the amount of oil spewing from a sunken rig in the Gulf of Mexico is still being underestimated. There also are worries that even more could escape if the crippled drilling equipment erodes further. Ian D. MacDonald, an oceanography professor at Florida State University,... more »

• BP exec: Gulf oil leak may be larger than thought

  April 29, 2010 7:01 AM

  BP's Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles says more oil may be leaking from a Gulf of Mexico drilling site than first estimated. Suttles says the leak is more than the 1,000 barrels a day that was originally estimated last week after a deepwater rig exploded and burned off the coast... more »

• Oil leak from sunken rig off La. could foul coast

  April 26, 2010 3:21 PM

  Coast Guard crews raced to protect the Gulf of Mexico coastline Monday as a remote sub tried to shut off an underwater oil well that's gushing 42,000 gallons a day from the site of a wrecked drilling platform. If crews cannot stop the leak quickly, they might need to... more »

• Efforts to contain leak after oil rig explosion continue

  April 26, 2010 12:05 PM

  Authorities are in the air, monitoring the size and direction of the oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico. They are also using underwater robotic equipment in an attempt to shut off the source of the leak. The oil has been leaking at a rate of about 42,000 gallons... more »

• Crews work on trying to stop oil leak in the Gulf

  April 26, 2010 6:12 AM

  It could take hours or it could take months to stop a 42,000-gallon-a-day oil leak polluting the Gulf of Mexico at the site of a wrecked drilling platform. Whether the environmental threat grows many times bigger depends on whether the oil company involved can turn the well completely off. Crews... more »

• Deepwater Horizon latest

  April 24, 2010 4:45 PM

  UPDATE: The Coast Guard says oil is leaking from the damaged well that fed a massive rig explosion off Louisiana's coast. Guard officials on Saturday estimated that as much as 1,000 barrels of oil is escaping each day from the well head on the ocean floor, increasing the threat... more »

• Coast Guard: No oil leaking from sunken rig

  April 23, 2010 7:06 AM

  Coast Guard officials say there is no oil currently leaking from a drilling rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil being contained now was residual from the explosion and sinking. The Deepwater Horizon had burned violently for nearly two days until it sank Thursday morning.... more »

• U.S. 61 remains shut down in St. Francisville

  March 31, 2010 4:27 PM

  U.S. 61 in St. Francisville is expected to be shut down until after 7 p.m., according to Louisiana State Police Troop A. Officials said the time will allow crews to move the concentrated chlorine from the overturned 18-wheeler into another tanker. Then the truck will be righted and moved... more »

• Update: Siegen Lane reopens after gas leak

  March 23, 2010 3:47 PM

  The natural gas leak in the Siegen Lane construction zone between Perkins Road and Highland Road has been clamped off by Entergy crews. Siegen Lane is now open for traffic in both directions. Siegen had been shut down between Highland Road and Lazy K as a safety precaution... more »

• Gas leak closes Baton Rouge street

  January 15, 2010 2:23 PM

  A leak from an eight-inch gas line has temporarily closed Laurel at North 5th in downtown Baton Rouge. Crews are on the scene and are working on the leak, but fire officials say there are no evacuations at this time. They say it may be another 5 hours... more »

• Part of I-10 closed in Baton Rouge

  December 8, 2009 10:35 AM

  I-10 eastbound is closed near the 10/12 split in Baton Rouge because of a stalled 18-wheeler. Police say the 18-wheeler is leaking diesel fuel and crews hope to have it cleaned up by 11:30 a.m. Traffic is being diverted to I-12. more »