The river has ... pressure on the levee system in south Louisiana, but the rush of fresh water into the lake can hurt commercial shrimp and oyster fisheries. The Mississippi Sound Coalition ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge ... of the levee just checking ...

The Mississippi River reached its highest level of the spring season in Baton Rouge on Thursday ... it’s well below the height of the levee system designed to protect Southeast Louisiana ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A group of barges got off course on the Mississippi River Monday morning, with the front of one of the barges coming in contact with the levee. It happened near Skip ...

These eight Baton Rouge-area restaurants are situated along the Mississippi. Not all of these restaurants offer an expansive view of Ole Man River, but the river is quite near. Taking a few ...

These are the emerging challenges Louisiana and the nation are struggling to content with on the lower Mississippi River.

The biggest change will be humidity levels. The East Baton Rouge Parish School system is taking steps to improving how your student gets to and from school every day.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With the Mississippi River projected to rise above ... The Corps says it will begin daily levee inspections from Baton Rouge to Venice in coordination with local levee ...

Funding for 23 stream and river gauges across major watersheds in East Baton Rouge Parish has been restored after it was cut late last year in post-St. George budget trimming. But, the dollars are ...

During high-water events like we're currently experiencing on the Lower Mississippi, rising river levels flood the batture, the strip of land between the river and the levee. The flooding drives ...

Model of the lower Mississippi River at the River Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in October 2023. (Sabrina Canfield/ Courthouse News Service) JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge ...