Baton Rouge is under an extreme cold warning until 10 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The high today is expected to be 31 degrees, with a low of 16 degrees.
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.
Much of Interstate 10 and many other major South Louisiana thoroughfares remained closed Wednesday after a major snowstorm, and it was not clear when they would reopen, state officials said.
A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.
The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to hypothermia—and advised people to stay inside during the extreme cold and to seek shelter if unhoused.
The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.
The demise of IDEA Public Schools Louisiana leaves behind questions about why the charter school network could not replicate the eye-catching successes it had educating children in the Lone Star state.
New Orleans Pelicans game was postponed after a Winter Storm Enzo dumped about a foot of snow in the Big Easy, while Thursday night’s women’s
Portions of several major interstates and two major bridges over the Mississippi River remained closed due to icy conditions Wednesday.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces that due to deteriorating road conditions as a result of Winter Storm Enzo, Interstate 10 i
The Texas-based IDEA network came into Louisiana with great fanfare as a “proven operator," but is now withdrawing from the state.
The NBA and multiple college basketball conferences postponed games in response to winter weather that broke snowfall records in some southern states and coated others with a mix of snow and ice