Barataria News

The onramp to eastbound Interstate 10 from from South Cliborne Avenue will be closed today and Thursday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. for drain cleaning.

The mayors of Grand Isle and Lafitte went to Baton Rouge Tuesday to ask Governor Bobby Jindal for help with flood protection for their damaged and vulnerable cities.

The right, southbound lane of Louisiana 45 from River Road to Ames Boulevard, will be closed today from 7 p.m. to Monday at 3 p.m. for concrete patching.

Bob Marshall/The Times-Picayune Big redfish have returned with a vengeance to the northern reaches of the Barataria estuary, making limits of reds easy to find in Lafitte on Oct.

They threw a one-two punch with high winds and storm surge, leaving wide swaths of damage to communities across south Louisiana.

Westbound lanes of the Interstate 10 twin span bridge over Lake Pontchartrain will be closed one at a time, Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., for maintenance.

A group of elected officials from Jefferson Parish, La., will be in Washington, D.C., today to meet with members of Congress in an effort to improve flood protection for the area of Lafitte, La.

Today, Jefferson Parish has declared a State of Emergency due to Hurricane Ike. As a precautionary measure, Jefferson Parish is calling for an evacuation of the coastal areas of the Parish only.

With thousands displaced because of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, many are still trying to qualify for federal assistance.

Things were slowly returning to normal Sunday in southeastern Louisiana after two days of flooding caused by Hurricane Ike, but problems persisted.

JEAN LAFITTE, La. - After four big hurricanes in three years, residents of the Cajun towns along the fast-eroding coast of Louisiana are wondering just how much more they can take.

Three monster hurricanes in three years have walloped Jean Lafitte, which like many other towns in south Louisiana, barely rises above the waterline of the bayous and fragile wetlands leading to the Gulf.

Jefferson Parish has issued a voluntary boil-water advisory for Crown Point, Barataria and Lafitte.

The worst flooding in memory hit the Jean Lafitte-Barataria area of Jefferson Parish on Saturday morning, overwhelming frantic efforts to beat back Hurricane Ike's rising storm surge with makeshift levees and ...

The state of Louisiana will begin emergency dredging along a stretch of Bayou Lafourche because Hurricane Gustav left about 300,000 people without safe drinking water.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has asked all residents needing to be evacuated from the Lafitte-Crown Point-Barataria area to position themselves to be picked up.

Water levels in the Breton Sound are beginning to fall, the water levels in the Barataria system have crested.

Jefferson Parish has ordered a Mandatory Evacuation from the lower part of the parish.

In Lafourche Parish, president Charlotte Randolph issued a mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Ike in all areas south of the Leon Theriot floodgates in Golden Meadow, as well as the Pointe-Aux-Chenes community.

The land excursion for the "Mister Jug" crew, after 12 hours of fighting the seas, quickly became a battle with water once again.