The West Monroe Police Department announced traffic is backed up on I-20 westbound in West Monroe due to a multi-vehicle crash around 4:15 p.m. just before the 5th Street exit. Read More

MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD) - At approximately 1 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Sterlington Police Officer Cody Kinard conducted a routine traffic stop that led to the arrests of two fugitives wanted in ... Read More

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD) - The Department of Transportation and Development has lifted the commercial motor vehicle restriction previously in place on the northwest stretch of Interstate 20. The ... Read More

The proposal aims to separate Ouachita Parish High School traffic from heavy industrial vehicles at the congested Exit 124 area. The new interchange would be located 2.1 miles east of Russell Sage ... Read More

Tallulah Interim Mayor Yvonne Lewis told KNOE an 18-wheeler overturned on I-20 eastbound near Start. Read More

OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KTVE / KARD) - The Vancil Road overpass over Interstate 20 has reopened following an 18-wheeler crash on February 12, 2026, that impacted the bridge. Read More

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD) - On Thursday, February 12, 2026, shortly after 10:00 a.m., Louisiana State Troopers began investigating a fatal crash involving two commercial motor vehicles (CMV's) on ... Read More

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD) - On February 12, 2026, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advised motorists that the Vancil Road overpass over Interstate 20 in Ouachita Parish is ... Read More

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD) - Interstate 20 westbound is experiencing traffic due to an accident that occurred near Well Road. No further information has been released. Read More

Some drivers have been stranded on I-20 for hours due to stalled 18-wheelers. Louisiana State Police and the National Guard are helping to clear the interstate. Read More

Dustin Demoss died in a head-on collision on Louisiana Highway 471; investigators are probing potential impairment. Read More

The bridge is in Bee Bayou, located in Richland Parish, about one mile north of Interstate 20. The department's current estimate says the closure will last for about two weeks for necessary repairs, ... Read More

According to Louisiana State Police, one man is dead following a single-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 20 westbound at mile post 103. Read More

9040 Highway 165 North, Sterlington, LA 71280. Nearby Schools. Jack Hayes Elementary School. 3631 Old Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA 71203 (6 miles) Swartz Lower Elementary School. Read More

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana State Representative Francis Thompson has sponsored a bill to rename part of Highway 425 in Archibald '?The Gary Gilley Memorial Highway.'? Former Richland Parish ... Read More

MONROE, La. ( KPEL-FM) - A man in Ouachita Parish has died after his vehicle was hit by a train in the early evening on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office says they received ... Read More

On February 15, 2025, a Louisiana State Trooper noticed a 2017 Nissan Titan traveling in the right West Bound lane of U.S. 80. While the vehicle traveled over ... Read More

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - According to the Department of Transportation and Development, there is congestion on I-20 East from U.S. 80 to before Camp Road. DOTD said the congestion is due to an incident in ... Read More

Louisiana Tech Economics Professor Dr. Patrick Scott provided an in-depth analysis of Northeast Louisiana's economic standing during the West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce Economic ... Read More

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday ... Read More

A local hair salon was hit by a car in West Monroe on Monday, Jan. 27. According to WMPD, the crash happened at the corner of Carter Street and Warren Drive around 1:20 p.m. Officials say the car ... Read More

The single-vehicle crash occurred Sunday, Jan. 19, 2024, shortly before 6 a.m. on Siloam Church Road, east of Highway 505. Read More

DOTD's winter weather operations will include deploying 50 trucks and approximately 260 personnel, including scouts who monitor road conditions and report back in real time. Read More

On Jan. 5 at approximately 10:49 p.m., NPSO deputies pulled over a vehicle on La. Hwy 9 north of Chestnut for a traffic violation. Inside the vehicle were Samantha L. Durbin, 41, of Monroe and Marvin ... Read More