The Louisiana State Police are investigating a wreck that left Christopher Johnson, 47, of Mer Rouge, dead on August 2.

MER ROUGE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, lane closures for the railroad crossing intersection construction on US 425, US 165, and LA ...

Detours around site Beginning Sunday, U.S. 165, Louisiana 2, U.S. 425/Louisiana 133 and Louisiana 138 in Mer Rouge will be temporarily closed to allow for clean-up of the derailment site.

MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) — An assistant professor at ULM died on Sunday night in Mer Rouge. According to Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs, 39-year-old Joshua Comer was murdered. T… ...

MER ROUGE — Meryl Kennedy’s story begins in a truck, riding with her father around her family’s rice farm as a child growing up in northeast Louisiana. "He loved to take me out there," she ...

October 5, 2014: This photo shows a train derailment in Mer Rouge, La. Two train engineers were in serious condition Sunday after their freight train hit a transport truck in northeast Louisiana ...

Some 18-train cars were derailed and two people were injured in the accident, according to Mer Rouge Police Chief Mitch Stephens. “Two injuries; the train conductor and engineer.

Matthews was an owner of Mer Rouge Wholesale warehouse of Sterlington and Comer's father-in-law. Tubbs said the investigation suggests an altercation took place at the residence prior to the shooting.