Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law –work that advocates believe is ...

A commission has recommended grants be awarded to several juvenile jails, including one in East Baton Rouge Parish and one in ...

Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...

Jefferson officials celebrated the parish's 200th birthday Tuesday with the unveiling of a new sculpture in Gretna, marking ...

National Great Rivers Museum in East Alton is promoting “all things icy” along the Mississippi River during its fourth annual ...

A group of parishes along the Mississippi River is seeking more than $36 million in state funds to create a juvenile jail on ...

The data that Burdis and Jankowski are looking at is much newer, dating back about 30 years, but it shows a similar trend. Midwinter ice depth has decreased across the sites they monitor, and ice ...

Lanny James Theriot, 85, Bayou Vista, was arrested Sunday evening on a warrant for attempted kidnapping and attempted ...

A ferry crosses the Mississippi River to Algiers Point. By car ... “there’s a lot to discover.” Political pundit James Carville, a Louisiana native and New Orleans resident, says first-time visitors ...

The No. 20-ranked Missouri Tigers men’s basketball will look to improve to 6-2 in the Southeastern Conference when it takes on the tall task of beating No. 14 Mississippi State on Saturday in ...

New for this season, American Cruise Lines is unveiling a 12-day “Mississippi Explorer Cruise” from Memphis to New Orleans, as well as a new 16-day “Grand Ohio River Cruise” from Pittsburgh to St.

A judge has ruled that elected officials in St. James Parish broke Louisiana's open meetings law by conferring secretly with a Chinese company seeking to build a chemical plant. The complaint, filed ...