The St. Mary Levee Director preemptively closed a floodgate to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche from a swollen Mississippi River.

Acadia Parish residents can apply for disaster relief loans to help recover from the recent flooding, with up to $2 million available for businesses and up to $500,000 for homeowners.

The past week in New Orleans area high school sports included several outstanding performances in many different sports.

The Rev. Gregory Viet Nguyen, senior pastor of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, a Vietnamese Catholic parish in Oklahoma City, talks ...

A $0.01 sales tax in the nine parish Acadian area could provide enough funding to build a juvenile detention center, potentially reducing juvenile crime and giving kids the education and tools ...

The Army Corps of Engineers began testing the spillway Monday in the event of a partial opening later this week.

Good Samaritan Foundation Golf Tournament on May 30 to help raise funds for its Ambulance Replacement Project will help ambulances and supplies.

Look for more coverage later in the day and into Tuesday with a stronger storm or two likely as a cold front slowly ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the ...

() − The Calcasieu River is a vital artery for southwestern Louisiana's economy and habitat for wildlife, but is listed among ...

Researchers at Louisiana State University’s Coastal Systems Ecology Lab, led by wetland scientist and professor Robert ...