The Mississippi will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise,” Mark Twain wrote in the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent ...

Authorities allege Da’Sean Conley, 17, beat Gerard Nicholas Richard, then shot and killed him during a Feb. 12 argument ...

Legislators are considering major changes to DOTD, including creating a new, independent office outside the department to ...

The five ports — Baton Rouge, South Louisiana, New Orleans ... poses by the Crescent City Connection over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer ...

A rare Flash Flood Emergency was issued for portions of East Baton Rouge Parish after the National ... Voting also took place in Louisiana over the weekend, and the flooding had an impact on ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As of 4 a.m. Wednesday, the “new bridge” over the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to Port Allen was still closed in both directions. However, the “old bridge ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana residents were on high alert for flash flooding over the weekend, as forecasters were concerned ... including New Orleans and Gulfport, Mississippi, but those are set to ...

On Wednesday, WBRZ reported that the coroner's office confirmed the identity of the body found as 24-year-old Dallas, Texas ...