Fire Department and Louisiana State Police responded overnight to a fire involving a tractor-trailer on I-10 West at Bluebonnet Boulevard.

APD arrested Michael Collins, Sr., 42, of Alexandria, on January 28, with help from Louisiana State Police. He was booked into the Rapides Parish Jail for attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

A unrestrained Church point man died Tuesday in a two vehicle crash on LA 98 highway near Canadian Lane in Acadia Parish. According to Louisiana State Police, on Jan. 28, shortly after 6:00 a.m., police responded to the two-vehicle fatality crash on Louisiana Highway 98 (West Gloria Switch), near Canadian Lane in Acadia Parish.

The Louisiana State Police has graduated 51 people from its Cadet Class 105 and assigned them to their respective troops across the state.

NOPD said that after lifting the box truck out of the water, divers discovered that another vehicle was not in the water.

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana State Police say a Rayville woman died in a head-on crash in Richland Parish on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Officials say 22-year-old Jaylen Hall was driving east on Highway 80 at around 10 a.m. and 32-year-old Brandy Cook was traveling West.

New Baton Rouge Mayor Sid Edwards and interim St. George Mayor Dustin Yates must still negotiate a deal on what services the city-parish government will provide to the new city and a settlement to the much-debated tax revenue allocation.

A Church Point man died in a crash on Grand Prairie Highway after crossing the centerline and hitting an 18-wheeler. The crash remains under investigation.

LAFAYETTE, La. ( KLFY) – In July of 2024 senior corporal Segus Jolivette lost his life in the line of duty, just months before he was scheduled to join the Louisiana State Police. But as his class attended the police academy, they paid tribute to Jolivette in a very special way.

In a post to social media, Louisiana State Police along with the New Orleans Police Department responded to the scene of the crash near the Orleans and St. Tammany parish line involving an 18-wheeler and a second vehicle. Officials report one person was rescued after the truck traveled off the bridge and into the water.

On Monday, crews installed the barriers on side streets in the quarter between St. Ann and Iberville. They are located one block off Bourbon in both directions.