This year’s Informer column will feature a treasure trove of historic photos from the American Press Archives and their significance to Southwest Louisiana. Long before a highway system connected Lake Charles and Cameron — then known as Leesburg —the paddle-wheel steamboat Borealis Rex was a popular means of transport for commercial and social

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

Interstate 10 reopened to westbound traffic from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, the Department of Transportation and Development announced mid-afternoon Wednesday. The update comes after a historic winter storm brought several inches of snow to the gulf coast and shut down most of I-10 between Texas and Mississippi.

After a historic winter storm hit the Interstate 10 corridor on Tuesday, parts of the vital east-west artery remain closed due to icy road conditions in both Louisiana and Florida. In Louisiana, the Department of Transportation and Development has closed Interstate 10 from the small community of Iowa in Calcasieu Parish just

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

At least two people are reported dead in Houston as a winter storm system disrupted much of the Gulf Coast and other parts of the nation on Tuesday, causing billions in economic losses.

Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts as a rare winter storm amid bone-chilling temperatures brings potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh, cold weather. Here’s what’s happening now:

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

If you're looking for a road trip or a weekend getaway, you'll want to consider this charming Mississippi city that is packed with history.

A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights

ARE TRACKING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A LOT OF THIS, IF NOT ALL OF IT. REALLY. NOW, SOUTH OF THE METRO. THE REASON WHY THE METRO HAS NOT REALLY HAD ANY SNOWFALL SINCE 430 THIS MORNING IS THE FACT THAT WE HAD A THICK BLOCK OF DRY AIR MOVED THROUGH RIGHT AT THE SURFACE,