Houma Traffic & Community News

Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge and Acadiana has spent 70 years building career-readiness and financial-literacy skills for students in 10...

A 44-year-old Thibodaux man received a 48-month federal prison sentence plus 12 months supervised release after pleading guilty to using a...

• Mark your calendar: Catch the free local premiere of “On High Water: Holding Ground on a Vanishing Coast” on September 23 at 6 PM at the Bayou...

Construction on the $700,000 Prospect Boulevard resurfacing project began this week, covering the quarter-mile stretch from LA 24 to the Intracoastal...

Tragic loss in Houma: 32-year-old Belinda Leboeuf died after firefighters responded to a mobile home fire on the 2200 block of Effie Street around 5:24 a.m. on Sept. 5.

Motorcycles make up just 3% of registered vehicles yet account for 14% of traffic fatalities. Per mile traveled, riders face a fatality rate roughly...

Houma Police arrested two suspects and issued a warrant for a third in the August 29 Stovall Street shootings that wounded a 19-year-old in the head...

Two recent fatal crashes in Lafourche Parish underscore ongoing highway dangers near Houma.

• August 27 crash: 17-year-old Zoe Villatoro died after...

Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish residents seeking help with housing costs can use findhelp.org to locate local assistance programs. The resource covers both parishes and was last reviewed September 4, 2026.

229 Louisiana seniors are National Merit semifinalists, including one from the Houma-Thibodaux-Morgan City area, vying for 6,700 scholarships worth nearly $26 million. They scored highest statewide on the 2025 PSAT out of 1.2 million test-takers.

Modern technology delivers precise evidence in car accident cases, moving beyond witness memory and basic reports.

• Vehicle data recorders track...

64-year-old Juanita Trahan of Harding Drive was arrested September 9 for government benefits fraud and first-degree injuring public records. She...

A man is now in custody after being accused of gunning down a family member in Houma. The case remains a developing homicide investigation with limited official details released so far.

• Lunchtime onward: Numerous showers and storms move south to north across the area, cutting visibility on roads.
• Early afternoon: Scattered...

Lora Ann Chaisson's reelection as Principal Chief with 56% of the vote brings four more years of leadership from a Point aux Chene resident with deep...

Terrebonne Parish receives $261,399 in federal funds to support emergency protective measures that reduce immediate threats to public health, safety,...

Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet announced the arrests of two people following an investigation into a domestic disturbance that included an...

Zachariah Jerry Trujillo, 25, faces added charges in the ongoing TPSO investigation.

• 3 counts felony carnal knowledge, computer-aided solicitation,...

Drivers on US 90 face moving lane closures both westbound and eastbound from the Terrebonne/Assumption Parish line to the Lafourche/St. Charles Parish line, active Tuesday through Friday.

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