Officials cut the ribbon today on the first of three phases in the 183 million dollar I-10 widening project. State Department of Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says they widened a stretch from LA 347 at the intersection of I-10 all the way to the Atchafalaya Basin to three lanes.
The project also included two roundabouts and drainage improvements on LA 347.
New Iberia Police are looking for a motive after two 16-year olds apparently shot and killed each other at close range. New Iberia Police Sgt. Daesha Hughes says they don’t know if the teens knew each other and both were declared dead on the scene Sunday night. She says the community is both saddened and angry over the deaths want answers.
Governor John Bel Edwards will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, representing the Bayou State.
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State Police Trooper Jeremy Price says 69-year-old Clarence Griffin of Amite is dead after his vehicle was struck in a head on collision in St. Helena Parish…