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• US 61 'J-turn' work draws criticism

  April 22, 2013 8:20 AM

  PRAIRIEVILLE, La. (AP) - A $1.4 million state project using a highway design feature called the J-turn to move traffic through one of Ascension Parish's busiest intersections more smoothly is hitting a few bumps along the road. State highway officials said the contractor is not expected to finish until late... more »

• Program helps students pursuing research work

  September 25, 2012 8:11 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU and Baton Rouge Community College are teaming up with the help of a federal grant to make sure more students earn degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. LSU says the five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund the... more »

• Work underway to stop seepage on US 90

  July 23, 2012 5:48 AM

  HOUMA, La. (AP) - Crews are stabilizing a levee and the U.S. Highway 90 road bed near Bayou Dumar in Lafourche Parish to stop seeping water during floods. The Courier reports that U.S. 90 eastbound has been reduced to one lane due to the work. The highway was built on... more »

• Walker billed $1.3 million for 1998 work

  July 12, 2012 10:23 AM

  WALKER, La. (AP) - Walker Mayor Bobby Font says the city has received a $1.3 million bill for work done in 1998. The Advocate reports that the bill was for utility relocation work as part of a $5.5 million highway widening project. A state transportation department spokeswoman says the state... more »

• Street work set to begin in N.O.

  July 9, 2012 5:44 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The state is set to begin reconstruction work on Monday on several New Orleans streets in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. All are in the city's 9th Ward. Barrier Construction Co. is the contractor for the $2.4 million project, which involves segments of Forstall,... more »

• Louisiana lawmakers wrap up work on $25.6B budget

  June 4, 2012 10:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana House gave final approval Sunday to a $25.6 billion budget for the next fiscal year that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in spending above the amount sought by a group conservative Republicans, wrapping up one of the biggest unresolved BATON ROUGE, La.... more »

• Breakwater work to begin near Manchac

  May 30, 2012 7:50 AM

  AMITE, La. (AP) - Construction of a $5.9 million stone breakwater to help halt coastal erosion in the Pass Manchac area could begin as early as August. The Advocate reports the Tangipahoa Parish Council received a report Tuesday that outlined plans and a timetable for the coastal barrier. Public works... more »

• Pump station work will help protect from floods

  May 29, 2012 9:39 AM

  RACELAND, La. (AP) - Lafourche Parish officials say the repair of two pumping stations in the Raceland area will help protect against flooding. The parish will be rebuilding the Cyprien Pump Station, which services the low-lying area south of La. Highway 1 and west of Highway 182. Work will also... more »

• Night Work on I-10 from Butte LaRose to Whiskey bay on Wednesday

  April 23, 2012 10:30 AM

  Night work will begin on I-10 from exit 121, near Butte LaRose, and exit 127 Whiskey bay. There will be overhead sign construction on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 through Friday, April 27, 2012. One lane will be closed on both the eastbound and westbound side of the highway. Construction will... more »

• Thibodaux worker used work vehicle for fishing

  April 20, 2012 9:51 AM

  THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - A Thibodaux Housing Authority employee faces punishment after using an authority vehicle on personal fishing trips. The Daily Comet reports that an Assumption Parish resident took a photo of a Housing Authority pickup truck parked at an Assumption fishing spot last Saturday. The same man and... more »

• Texas Man Jailed for $500,000 Worth of Cocaine

  April 19, 2012 8:20 AM

  Louisiana State Police Troop D stopped 40-year-old Gilbert Sanchez of San Antonio, Texas late Tuesday night. Sanchez was stopped for a traffic violation on Interstate Highway 10 eastbound. Once the troopers were inside the vehicle, they recovered 17 kilos of cocaine (approximately 44.8 pounds), which has an estimated street... more »

• Bridge work to start in Winn Parish

  April 9, 2012 8:23 AM

  WINNFIELD, La. (AP) - Work is scheduled to begin Monday to replace the southbound U.S. Highway 167 bridge crossing the Dugdemona River in Winn Parish. TheTown Talk reports the bridge is about two miles north of Winnfield. Traffic will be detoured onto the northbound bridge of U.S. Highway 167 during... more »

• Developer to work for land swap to protect frog

  March 9, 2012 5:46 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A developer has agreed to work toward a land swap that would protect an endangered frog that breeds near the developer's land in Harrison County, Miss. Only about 100 adult Mississippi gopher frogs live in the wild, with another 1,500 or so in zoos, including New... more »

• Pile drivers now at work for new public hospital

  March 2, 2012 6:28 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The first pilings are in the ground for the $1.1 billion hospital planned to replace Charity Hospital, which has sat empty since Hurricane Katrina. Pile drivers began work Monday, Tom Rish, project manager for the state Office of Planning and Control, told the University Medical Center's... more »

• Work begins on veterans' cemetery

  February 6, 2012 10:37 AM

  ZACHARY, La. (AP) - Work is on the fast track to develop burial sites at a new national cemetery before the Port Hudson National Cemetery runs out of space for new interments later this year. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs say construction has begun at a new site, to... more »

• Army Corps work to interrupt Highway 90 traffic

  February 3, 2012 9:04 AM

  AVONDALE, La. (AP) - Westbound traffic on U.S. Highway 90 going through Avondale will be rerouted next week as the Army Corps of Engineers builds a bridge to cross over a floodwall. The Army Corps says the bridge and floodwall are part of an improved system to protect the West... more »

• I-49 Work Set to Start on Monday

  October 16, 2011 11:57 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - Work will begin Monday on concrete patching and related work along Interstate 49 in Rapides and Natchitoches parishes. The Town Talk reported (http://bit.ly/pxGGkv ) the construction will be done between the intersections of Louisiana Highway 181 and Louisiana Highway 485 on both northbound and southbound lanes.... more »

• Rosa Parks Memorial Unveiled

  May 31, 2011 7:20 PM

  A new monument was unveiled in Lafayette Tuesday. Dozens gathered as the Rosa Parks Memorial Statue was unveiled at the Rosa Parks Transportation Center. Last Friday, the installation on the project was completed and KATC'S Chris Welty caught up with the artist who sculpted the piece. "I've been... more »

• Evangeline board OKs work for Ville Platte High

  March 24, 2011 8:48 AM

  VILLE PLATTE, La. (AP) - The Evangeline Parish School Board has approved repainting the ceiling structure in the Ville Platte High School gym and moving electrical service from beneath the stage to overhead in conduit at a cost of near $49,000. Mike Holt, a consultant with Yeager, Watson and Associates... more »

• Contractor finds human remains at BR work site

  February 7, 2011 9:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police say a contractor excavating a site found human remains that are possibly from the 1800s. Police spokesman LJean McKneely says there were only a few bones recovered Monday at the site near the corner of Main and Fourth streets at about 11... more »

• Obama Says White House, CEOs Must Work Together

  February 7, 2011 12:25 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama prodded American businesses to do their share to help the economy, calling on executives to "get in the game" and begin investing nearly $2 trillion accumulating on their balance sheets. The president, in a speech Monday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, called for... more »

• Work to begin on new Red River bridge

  January 24, 2011 10:21 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - The state Department of Transportation and Development says work will begin Friday on the Fort Buhlow Bridge that will replace the O.K. Allen Bridge. Work on the $82.9 million project will involve replacing the existing two-lane O.K. Allen Bridge on U.S. 71/U.S. 165 over the Red... more »

• Lawsuit Threatening to Slow Down Canal Work

  January 12, 2011 7:06 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A lawsuit is threatening to slow down or even halt work to strengthen a canal that broke catastrophically during Hurricane Katrina. Homeowners with backyards along the 17th Street Canal claim that they own the land and that they have not been compensated for damage. The Army... more »

• Suit seeks to halt New Orleans levee work

  January 11, 2011 8:43 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A lawsuit is threatening to slow down or even halt work to strengthen a canal that broke catastrophically during Hurricane Katrina. Homeowners with backyards along the 17th Street Canal filed a civil suit in state court on Jan. 5 to stop the work because they claim... more »

• Duson Traffic Talk

  October 27, 2010 6:26 AM

  I-10 westbound, at the Duson exit will be reduced to one lane for the next 2 nights.This starts at 8 and will last until until 4 in the morning. Lighting is being installed on the overpass. more »

• New Orleans to study raising downtown interstate

  October 20, 2010 9:14 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans got $2 million in federal money Wednesday to look at tearing down an elevated section of Interstate 10 that runs past the French Quarter that's been blamed for ruining one of the city's most important black neighborhoods when it was built in the 1960s.... more »

• "Thank a Veteran at Work" Campaign

  October 20, 2010 3:23 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama and Jill Biden want Americans to thank a veteran. They are appearing in a public service announcement promoting the "Thank a Veteran at Work" campaign. Launched by the cable network History in 2008, the program encourages people to take time around Veterans Day next... more »

• Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital - Top 100 Health-care places to work

  October 20, 2010 10:42 AM

  Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital is having a celebration today for a top award. The Modern Health-care Magazine named the Hospital as one of the top 100 "Best Places to Work in Health-care" "We are proud to be a part of this community and are honored that we have received... more »

• Lafayette Inmate Caught After Escaping Work Detail

  October 19, 2010 6:38 PM

  An update on an escaped Lafayette inmate who ditched his work detail this weekend. A tip led Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Deputies to Vincent Green late Tuesday afternoon. He was found around 4:30 p.m. at a residence in the 700-block of Cedar Crest Road. Green was arrested and incarcerated on September... more »

• Mignon Faget's work at French Quarter museum

  October 18, 2010 10:34 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mignon Faget has told this story before. But it still makes her chuckle. "It's true," she said with a soft laugh. "I melted down the bonbon dishes." It was back in 1970, when Faget was making a name for herself as a clothing designer. She had... more »

• Moratorium and jobs: will they be there?

  October 12, 2010 7:34 PM

  "The moratorium being lifted is one thing." Rob Guidry says, "but getting the permits so people can go back to work is really the issue we're dealing with now." Guidry, of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, says the barrier hasn't been taken down just yet and it could be... more »

• BP Plans to Continue Relief Well Work This Week

  August 9, 2010 9:03 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The oil that poured into the Gulf for more than 12 weeks has been forced back underground and BP engineers expect to spend this week drilling the final leg of a relief well to complete the "bottom kill" designed to permanently seal the leaking well. BP... more »

• Crews Hope Kill Attempt will do the Trick

  August 3, 2010 9:46 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill. Engineers planned to... more »

• LEDA Job Fair

  July 30, 2010 10:32 AM

  Dozens of Acadiana's top employers and employers from other regions of the state, will be on hand to recruit and screen potential job candidates at the LEDA Job Fair on Wednesday, August 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette. Now in its fifteenth year,... more »

• Oil Spill Work on Hold as Bonnie Approaches

  July 23, 2010 6:56 AM

  ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - Work to permanently choke off the oil well that had been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was at a standstill Friday after ships around the site were ordered to evacuate ahead of the approaching Tropical Storm Bonnie. There had been worries that... more »

• Gulf Oil Spill Panel Started Its Work Today

  July 12, 2010 3:07 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The presidential panel that is supposed to find the cause of the Gulf oil spill started its work Monday with a hearing focused more on the response and the impact. Amid interruptions by protesters, the National Oil Spill Commission heard more from oil executives, experts and... more »

• New Iberia Road Work

  July 8, 2010 12:50 PM

  Asphalt street repairs will begin on Evergreen Street from Loreauville Road to the end on Monday, July 12th with completion expected by Thursday, August 12th, weather permitting. Both lanes will be closed to through traffic. However, allowances will be made for local traffic. Residents on Evergreen should expect delays due... more »

• Rough Weather Curtails Some Gulf Cleanup Work

  July 4, 2010 3:13 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Cleanup crews across the Gulf of Mexico surveyed damage done by last week's hurricane while contending Sunday with choppy seas that idled many of the boats dedicated to keeping oil from hitting vulnerable beaches and marshes. Offshore skimming vessels were able to operate in Louisiana waters,... more »

• DOTD-Work Schedules for the Memorial Day Weekend

  May 25, 2010 1:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) today advised drivers of upcoming work schedules for interstate and major road projects throughout Louisiana for the Memorial Day weekend (Friday, May 28 through Monday, May 31). DOTD Interim Secretary Sherri LeBas urges drivers to use extra caution... more »

• Disagreements Between House & Senate Stalled Work on Budget

  May 19, 2010 4:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - In a repeat of the divide that marred last year's budget haggling, disagreements between House and Senate leaders have stalled work on the budget. Lawmakers must rebalance this year's budget, which contains a $319 million deficit, and they need to shape spending plans for the... more »

• East Feliciana Seeks $3M in Grant for Hurricane Work

  May 19, 2010 10:12 AM

  CLINTON, La. (AP) - The East Feliciana Police Jury has requested a $3 million Community Development Block Grant to assist the parish's recovery from hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The grant request the jury approved Tuesday includes projects in the towns of Slaughter and Jackson and the villages of Wilson and... more »

• Halliburton Says It Completed Work On Deepwater Horizon

  May 10, 2010 1:32 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Oil services contractor Halliburton Inc. says it safely finished a cementing operation 20 hours before a Gulf of Mexico rig went up in flames. In testimony prepared for a congressional hearing Tuesday, Halliburton says it completed work on the well according to accepted industry practice and federal... more »

• New Orleans to Return to 5 day Work Week

  May 7, 2010 7:00 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Mitch Landrieu says City Hall will return to a five-day work schedule starting June 1, reversing a policy established by his predecessor, Ray Nagin. Nagin established a four-day week for city offices to cut electricity costs and help offset a... more »

• Census Jobs Offer Much-Needed Cash

  March 18, 2010 2:46 PM

  Every ten years people can earn extra money as Census takers. In this year's tough economy going door-to-door appeals to locals more than ever. Job seekers flocked to the Census Hiring Day in Morgan City on Thursday. "I'm here for a little extra work because I'm unemployed... more »

• Roadwork Closes Portion of I-10

  March 18, 2010 2:44 PM

  The I-10 West Bound Right Lane of the US 165 Overpass (Mile Post 44) is being closed at this time to make repairs to the bridge. It is anticipated the bridge will be open by 5:00 P.M. today more »

• Traffic Work On Hwy 104 Near Opelousas

  March 12, 2010 2:57 PM

  Beginning Tuesday, March 16, 2010, LA 104 will be closed 3.8 miles West of US 190 near Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, for drainage pipe replacement. Work is expected to last for two weeks, weather permitting. The detour will consist of La 3043. DOTD appreciates your patience and reminds you... more »

• State Government offices closed Friday in 42 Parishes

  February 12, 2010 8:44 AM

  Due to winter weather conditions, Commissioner Angele Davis announced that state government offices will be closed Friday, February 12th, 2010, in the following parishes: Ascension; Iberville; Livingston; Pointe Coupee; East Feliciana; West Baton Rouge; East Baton Rouge; West Feliciana; St. Landry; Evangeline; Avoyelles; Catahoula; Concordia; Grant; LaSalle; Natchitoches; Rapides;... more »

• Traffic Update: St. Landry Road Work Rescheduled

  January 27, 2010 11:00 AM

  Due to inclement weather, La 178 located between La. 357 and La. 182 in St. Landry Parish will be closed beginning Monday, February 1, 2010, for pipe replacement until Friday, February 12, 2010, weather permitting. The detour will consist of La. 182, La. 358 & La. 357. DOTD appreciates your... more »

• Power Crews Work To Restore Power In Lafayette Parish

  January 12, 2010 6:37 PM

  Almost 300 households are still without power after power crews. Series of problems kept Entergy from being able to finish placing new lines. The wire they put up after yesterday's outage burned. So today, a larger wire was installed. Then, that one broke the pole. Crews also hit a... more »

• 2 Concordia escapees arrested by Lafayette Deputies

  January 8, 2010 2:29 PM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Lafayette Parish deputies have arrested two men who had escaped from the Concordia Parish Work Release facility. The Alexandria Daily Town Talk reports the two men were arrested without incident and were scheduled to be immediately transported back to Concordia, where they will face additional... more »

• District Judge Dismisses Civil Suit Against Work Release Center

  December 15, 2009 12:39 PM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A district judge on Monday dismissed the state's civil suit against a private work release center seeking reimbursement of money earned by inmates that allegedly went missing. The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections filed suit earlier this year against the Lafayette Community Correctional Center... more »

• Longevity Checks

  November 17, 2009 10:20 AM

  IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - One Idaho company is paying for employee loyalty. Health care products company Melaleuca gives workers with five years of continuous employment five grand. Ten years -- $10,000. The longevity payments go all the way up to $30,000 after taxes for 30 years. It's not the... more »

• Transcom Job Fair

  October 13, 2009 7:45 AM

  If you're in the market for a job head out to the Holiday Inn on Evangeline Thruway today (October 13). A job fair will be held at 2 this afternoon for Transcom in Lafayette. The call center plans to add 700 employees before the end of the year. For more... more »

• I-10 Lane Reduction at Henderson

  October 6, 2009 7:54 AM

  Traffic will be reduced to one lane in both the eastbound and westbound directions of I-10 at the Henderson exit (MM 115) beginning October 6. Crews will be making repairs to the overpass everynight from 7pm until 7am. Work is expected to last for the next 10 days. more »

• I-49 Southbound Closed for Guard Rail Work

  September 30, 2009 8:11 AM

  The left lane of I-49, in the southbound direction from I-10 to the Pont des Mouton exit ramp, will be closed for guard rail work. It will be closed tonight (Wednesday, September 30) beginning at 8:00 p.m. and should re-open at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning (October 1). more »

• DHH: Deadline to Register for H1N1 Vaccine

  September 29, 2009 1:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is reminding all providers interested in administering the H1N1 influenza vaccine to register with the state before 5 p.m., Friday, October 2. Due to federal requirements, states are required to electronically report all administered doses of the H1N1 vaccine, which... more »

• I-49 Lane Closure

  September 29, 2009 7:48 AM

  The left lane of I-49 in the northbound direction from I-10 to the Pont Des Mouton exit ramp will be closed for guard rail work. It will close at 8:00 p.m. Friday and should re-open at 6:00 a.m. Saturday more »