Interstate 10 in the Baton Rouge metro area reopened to both eastbound and westbound traffic Thursday afternoon, the Department of Transportation and Development announced.

A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.

Snowfall totals across the southern half of the state continued to increase in Monday forecasts to what could be record-breaking levels. Here's what to know for the New Orleans metro, the northshore,

Louisiana DOTD officials have closed a large part of interstate 10 due to the icy conditions on the road. DOTD says that I-10 is closed in both directions from the Louisiana-Texas state line to Baton Rouge.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

When LSU freshman Ryleigh Loveless looked outside Tuesday morning, she was amazed by the sight of snow draping the campus. She woke up several friends, and they had an impromptu early morning snowball fight outside the dorm.

The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday.

A winter storm that rolled through Southeast Texas and the U.S. Gulf Coast dumped multiple inches of snow on Tuesday across a region already gripped by freezing temperatures. How much snow did Houston get and how does that compare to the snowfalls in New Orleans and across the deep South and Gulf Coast?

Houston police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two men connected to a brutal carjacking that took place on December 16, 2024.

A group in the Metro Baton Rouge Area is helping teens conquer tough conversations and situations. The Face to Face Enrichment Center presents “Cookies

The National Weather Service Forecast Offices around the Gulf South, namely the offices in Houston/Galveston, Texas, Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Baton Rouge/New Orleans, Louisiana have been very busy over the past week preparing us for a weather event that we are not too familiar with.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport announced the airfield is now open. According to a release, the first flight into Baton Rouge arrived on Wednesday evening. Flight operations are expected to resume on Thursday morning. The first scheduled flight is on United Airlines to Houston, TX at 7:15 a.m.