The vulnerable Manchac swamps and landbridge are vital to the region's ecology and storm protection. This project is helping ...

Is the Mississippi river 1,000 feet deep, 100 feet, or do we really know? People often ask that question as they gaze across ...

Eight towboats working on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge will receive new, cleaner diesel engines ...

The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said a partially decomposed body was found around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 in ...

Four people were transported to the hospital from Formosa Plastics in Baton Rouge after they were exposed to ammonia on ...

The schedule to build a new Mississippi River bridge is a year ... the commission overseeing the Baton Rouge bridge project, Vaught said the team was trying to balance staying on schedule while ...

(BRPROUD) — A Baton Rouge police officer is getting recognition after saving the life of a woman who was ready to jump off the Mississippi River Bridge. According to police, around 11:30 p.m. on ...

and Baton Rouge and New Orleans ... How much water flows through the Mississippi? The amount of water passing through the river depends on where you are looking. At the headwaters at Lake Itaska ...

The Department of Transportation’s last stop on their annual roadshow was today at the State Capital where they invited ...

While construction is ongoing at the Belle of Baton Rouge, a temporary land-based casino has opened with 9,775 square feet of ...

ADDIS, La. (WAFB) - Investigators responded to the scene of a body found along the Mississippi River in West Baton Rouge Parish Saturday evening, Sept. 21. Authorities were first called to the ...

Tons of grains and crops are shipped down the Mississippi River every year. What will happen if increasingly persistent droughts shrink America’s longest river?