Departing U.S. Rep. Garret Graves counts his work improving traffic in Baton Rouge, jump-starting flood-control projects and ...

The $5.9 billion project includes levees, home elevations, and drainage upgrades, marking Louisiana’s largest investment in ...

ST. JAMES PARISH, La. (WVUE) - The skies over the River Parishes will glow Tuesday night (Dec. 24) as dozens of towering bonfires light up the levees along the Mississippi River, continuing a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a deadly crash on River Road on Sunday ...

So far, the levees have held, though a flash flood warning is in place for New Orleans. High winds tore part of the roof off a hospital in the town of Cut Off, Louisiana, just inland from the Gulf ...

Congress has greenlit a list of Louisiana flood control projects, including a $5.9 billion plan to build a levee around Slidell and elevate thousands of homes and businesses in St. Tammany Parish ...

1. Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins an hour and a half earlier. Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees ...

The Louisiana Legislature ... such as the Comite Diversion Canal in north Baton Rouge, levees for the western neighborhoods along Lake Pontchartrain and a spillway near Port Vincent.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — The bonfires on the levee through St. James and St. John are nearly complete. In a few days, they will be lit at 7 p.m. to light the way for Papa Noel.