The $330 million Maurepas Swamp Project will divert up to 2,000 cubic feet per second of river water into the wetlands, providing oxygen, nutrients and fresh water. Officials said it will revitalize ...

Reconnecting the dying swamp to fresh river water is vital for the health of the swamp’s cypress-tupelo forest, which ...

WASHINGTON – While U.S. Rep. Garret Graves may not have been selected to head the transportation department by ...

Retired New Orleans priest, 93, pleads guilty to kidnapping and raping boys in 1970s - Lawrence Hecker faces spending the ...

A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975. Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in 2002, had been scheduled ...

"As human beings, we crave stability. That's just innate. We crave a level of predictability, and we're doing so in a very ...

Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative announced a new insurance pilot, with hopes of better helping river towns ...

The cold remains settled in nicely across the area but that will change later in the week as rain chances are set to return.