Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is set to travel to New Orleans on Tuesday, Nov. 12, for the christening of a new towboat.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has announced a three-month halt on major construction work downtown ahead of the ...

Both companies dispute the allegations over the tragic incident in court filings. Nucor operates the world's largest direct ...

The Batture site is seen along the Mississippi River near Audubon Park in New Orleans on Monday, October 14, 2024. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune) But as they navigate a lengthy ...

The 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans, though financially troubled, transformed the city’s riverfront and spurred tourism ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO ... the wharf near Esplanade Avenue and the Mississippi River. NOPD officers began a homicide investigation after the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office discovered the ...

A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi ... In New Orleans, that rises to 600,000 cubic feet per second. While mere inches at the headwaters, the river’s ...

Straddling the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana, New Orleans is a relatively small city home to numerous diverse neighborhoods. Though the city's lively districts took a significant hit ...

The most imposing control structures are the system of levees bracketing the lower Mississippi ... 12 miles west of New Orleans, allows overflow volume from the river to flow into Lake Pontchartrain.

Outdoor enthusiasts saved it from being drained 100 years ago, but the next century brings new challenges. High up on a bluff above the Mississippi River ... while sandhill cranes and wood ...

but the next century brings new challenges. High up on a bluff above the Mississippi River, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist positions a spotting scope to get a closer view of a marsh.