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Trains used to rumble along this exact path, hauling timber and carrying vacationers to resort towns. Today, the only things rolling through are bikes, strollers, and inline skates. The old railroad bed now stretches 31 miles and crosses 31 bridges built on the original trestles. It links five historic towns,...
Monday, November 09, 2026 10:25 AM UPDATE: LA 10 from LA 25 to Main Street will be paritally closed nightly from 8pm to 6am starting Wednesday, November 18, 2026 to […]
KENTWOOD — A bridge replacement project on M. Williams Road is scheduled to begin Nov. 18. Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development plans to close M. Williams Road .38 miles east of LA 1054, or 1.45 miles west of La. Highway 38, starting Nov. 18 for an estimated 5 months while crews replace the existing bridge.
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Engineers gave the Madison County Board of Supervisors updates this week on several major road projects east of Interstate 55, with one project closing in on completion and others still years from construction. South Wheatley Street. South Wheatley Street in Ridgeland is the closest to...
A barricade aimed at preventing traffic accidents at a busy Clinton intersection is gone, replaced by plastic posts which are intended to serve the same purpose. “It’s part of an effort to improve safety there,” says Michael Flood with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). The barricade in...
School buses are supposed to be one of the safest ways for students to get to and from school, but that becomes much harder when the driver isn’t behind the wheel. A concerning incident at ... Read more
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry, alongside the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements for 2027, saying it will help lower gas prices. Landry and the other governors say that the RFS requirements, which...
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Councilman Kenneth Stokes said data centers are a new source of money for the city to fix roads and restore the Mayes Street bridge, which has barricades, piles of dirt and abandoned tires along its side. The bridge’s condition is causing drivers to take a different route.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) announced the restoration work of the state’s Merci Train, a post-World War II gift from France, has been completed. Located behind the Old Capitol Museum and the GM&O Train Depot, the gray boxcar is one of...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) announced the restoration work of the state’s Merci Train, a post-World War II gift from France, has been completed. Located behind the Old Capitol Museum and the GM&O Train Depot, the gray boxcar is one of MDAH’s tourist attractions. The recent upgrades to […]
Phase I of the ongoing $40-million Bozeman Road widening project is bout 85 percent complete and ahead of schedule, County Engineer Tim Bryan said. Bryan said they hope to have this phase of the project, which will widen Bozeman Road from Highway 463 to the Reunion Parkway, complete by late January. The project is being handled by Hemphill Construction.
Daylight Saving Time has ended, the sun is setting early, and the Mississippi Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to be on the lookout for deer. Thousands of run-ins happen every year. So Twin States News shares what you can do to lower your risk.
W.Va. (WTRF) – West Virginia ranks 10th in the nation for fatal road crashes during the month of Thanksgiving, recording 30 deaths over a five-year period, or 0.34 deaths per 100,000 residents, according to a new 50-state analysis by Grigor Law Injury and Car Accident Lawyers. Mississippi leads the...
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Rankin County was awarded $56.2 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration. According to the Rankin County Board of Supervisors, the grant will support the construction of the Mississippi Highway 18 railroad grade separation bridge project in Brandon. The board said the project will replace the […]
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Drivers could see crews along Interstate 55 in Madison County as soon as March, after MDOT received a low bid of about $187.7 million to widen the interstate. MDOT Executive Director Brad White told WLBT exclusively that T.L. Wallace Construction Inc. of Columbia submitted the...
MISSISSIPPI (KTVE/KARD) — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is reminding drivers the importance of slowing down and looking out for pedestrians. Any person that is on foot, walking, running, jogging, hiking, sitting or lying down is considered a pedestrian. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 7,080 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes […]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) reminded drivers to check the amount of air in their spare tire when changing the clocks this weekend. With fluctuating temperatures, MDOT officials said it’s not a matter of if your spare tire will deflate, but when. They said adding this task to your list […]
From Jackson to Tupelo and Gulfport, five car problems could leave drivers stranded this winter.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation is making significant progress on various projects across southern Mississippi, including in Pearl River County. The first project involves the bridge replacement on U.S. […]
