Mississippi River

Steps are being taken up river to disperse what are expected to be record-high waters on the Mississippi River.

Engineer Wilfred Barry foresees future traffic on La. 30 to warrant the need for new bridge to be built.

Recent heavy rains have sparked flooding concerns from Shreveport to Alexandria along the Red River. These same rains have officials in Baton Rouge and New Orleans keeping a close eye on the Mississippi River as well.

Flood stage is set at 35 feet in Baton Rouge. The levees protect to at least 47 feet.

In an effort to combat air pollution, the entertainment mogul will help plant trees on 1,500 acres.

Officials said the highway and bridge would relieve traffic congestion and provide a hurricane evacuation route.

The Coast Guard has implemented one-way traffic around the terminal near Gretna across the river from New Orleans.

No one was injured in Saturday's accident. A barge and tugboat hit each other near Vacherie.

Authorities are still searching for the 48-foot tug C-Pec.

Louisiana officials, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, are looking at how they can make things more stable.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard said vessels along the Mississippi River were weathering Tropical Storm Isaac early Thursday and there were no reports of loose barges. Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets said the river remained closed to shipping...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A small breach on the marsh-covered east bank of the Mississippi River south of New Orleans is giving rise to calls to let the river run wild. The debate centers on a 77-foot-wide channel the river carved through a levee road in the unused Bohemia spillway in Plaquemines Parish, about 45 miles south of New Orleans...

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set Monday for some parts of the state.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police say officers shot and killed a man who refused to drop a gun after a chase across the Mississippi River into West Baton Rouge Parish. Sgt. Donald Stone says  the chase began when a driver ignored a traffic stop...

Authorities have released the name of a man who jumped Monday from the Crescent City Connection Bridge that joins the east and west banks of New Orleans.  The Orleans Corner's Office says Heath Schubert died from blunt-force trauma to his head and chest when he hit the bridge and drowned in the Mississippi River...

The Morganza spillway is now fully closed.

A man had to be rescued last night after he fell off the "Norwegian Spirit" cruise ship as it traveled along the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish downstream from New Orleans.

The final open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway that dumps Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain were closed this morning by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The recently completed Audubon Bridge has replaced the Mississippi ferry crossing from New Roads to St. Francisville.

Louisiana  Congressman and State leaders are seeking federal funding for dredging  operations on the Mississippi River.