The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and its interesting history match the growth of twentieth-century New Orleans.

Hayden Island has borne several names. For four decades, it was best known for the Jantzen Beach amusement park. Today, a spread-out shopping center and residential neighborhood inhabit the same sandy ...

At least two people have died in the historic winter storm battering the southeast. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

I-10 remains closed in both directions in Louisiana from the Texas state line to around Baton Rouge, according to the state's road conditions map. Portions of Interstate 55 are also shut down.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's road map indicated severe slowdowns ... major road closures due to ice, like Interstate 10 and parts of the Westbank Expressway.

The NOPD and Louisiana State Police said road closures on Interstate 10 ... in water pressure at the Carrollton pumping station. A map of the area currently under a precautionary boil water ...

The four corners of Louisiana – from Shreveport to Monroe and Lake Charles to New Orleans – were preparing Sunday for an unprecedented winter storm.

State climatologist Jay Grymes is expecting a “broad swath of snow across the entire southern half of Louisiana that essentially follows the Interstate ... provide outage maps through the ...