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Authorities allege Da’Sean Conley, 17, beat Gerard Nicholas Richard, then shot and killed him during a Feb. 12 argument ...
A mammoth break in the Mississippi River’s banks far south of New Orleans ... administered by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
Alongside the Mississippi, officials are also monitoring the Atchafalaya River, which branches off from the Mississippi north of Baton Rouge and flows ... levels evolve over the coming days.
By mid May, it would set a record in Baton Rouge ... state of West Virginia. The Mississippi River was up to 80 miles wide in some areas of the floodplain due to over 140 breaches in levees.
While the science is clear – wetlands have lots of benefits and we know how to build more of them – the future is not. The ...
ST. MARY PARISH, La. — Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana's coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river ...
In addition to the Mid-Barataria project, , which would create a break in the Mississippi River levee in Plaquemines ... administered by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
A Pearl River man has been convicted of sexual assault of a young girl in Bogalusa. According to trial testimony, an 11-year-old girl was taken to a Bogalusa hospital in 2021 after being sexually ...
Tickets are available online through the Jackson Coffee Festival website. Online sales end on Thursday, May 8, but tickets will also be available at the door. Several local coffee shops in the Jackson ...
The Tennessee River flooded Chattanooga, killing at least 16 and making thousands homeless over Christmas. On New Year’s Day, the Mississippi ... New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, and ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has activated its Phase 1 flood flight procedures because river levels at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans are now above 12.85 feet. Because ...