A Boomtown Casino dealer was arrested Wednesday after authorities claimed she teamed up with a casino patron playing blackjack to steal more than $1,000. Tam T. Tran, 50, of Avondale, and Thanh T. Nguyen, 44, of Bridge City, were booked with theft over $500 and cheating and swindling by Louisiana State Police.

Several closures on the Huey P. Long Bridge and the Bridge City approach are scheduled this week, the state Department of Transportation announced.

Several closures on the Huey P. Long Bridge and the Bridge City approach are scheduled this week, the state Department of Transportation and Development announced.

The frigid temperatures that gripped the New Orleans area for five nights last week dipped to a deadly level.

Youth locked up at one Louisiana secure juvenile facility reported more allegations of sexual abuse than the national average, according to a federal report released last week.

A homeless man found dead inside a vacant Bridge City house during a fire last weekend has been identified by authorities, in what was likely an accident.

A house fire claimed the life of a man at the base of the Huey P. Long Bridge in Bridge City late Friday.

A cockpit voice recorder captured a bang and a loud air noise about 17 seconds before a helicopter crashed into a marshy area of southwestern Terrebonne Parish last year, killing eight people, according to a transcript released today by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Friday is the deadline to register for a $15 voucher to be used for children's shoes through the Shoes 4 Kids program.

Bridge City firefighters are responding to a report of a leak of yellow phophorus at a train yard along River Road this morning.

There are three local festivals for folks to choose from this weekend. The Bridge City Gumbo Fest is back after being rained out earlier this year.

The state Office of Juvenile Justice hopes to remake the Swanson Correctional Center for Youth into a smaller, more engaged and less violent facility.

Louisiana's 16,687 miles of state-owned roads are a "giant yoke hung around the neck of the state DOT that is weighing us down," says Eric Kalivoda, assistant secretary for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

Louisiana's juvenile justice system is still plagued by violence and overcrowding despite years of efforts to shift the focus from punishment to rehabilitation, activists told a state panel Monday.

Authorities are investigating a fire that damaged several units this morning at an apartment complex in Bridge City and displaced several residents.

Bridge City Gumbo Festival Gumbo Festival Park, 1701 Bridge City Ave, Bridge City.

The gumbo pots are fired up in Bridge City. The 2009 Bridge City Gumbo Festival opens this evening at 6 o'clock. There's good reason that Bridge City has been officially proclaimed 'The Gumbo Capital of the World.' "Gumbo says love.

Nationally certified experts will be on hand Saturday for a free car seat safety check at Breaux Bridge City Hall, 101 Berard St.

A Jefferson teenager was indicted Thursday on charges of killing one man and attempting to kill another during an alleged drug transaction this summer.

Pesky mosquitos ruining your evening walks? That's because the recent wet weather has created fertile breeding grounds for the annoying insects, and these guys are nasty biters.