Louisiana News

Ida is no longer a hurricane as it loses strength over the water on its way to a landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime early Tuesday.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Sunday as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm.

The only Louisianan on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bill Cassidy tries to keep his state's agricultural interests at the forefront.

TIE Technologies, Inc. today announces its participation in the Intelligent Flood Protection Monitoring, Warning and Response System DNR RSIQ No.

MapSpace! Despite a shift to dry weather this week across the Mississippi Valley, flooding remains a big concern for residents along the region's major rivers.

The U.S. Navy ship New York sit in the Mississippi River as it awaits it's Christening Ceremony at Northrop Grumman shipyard on March 1, 2008 in Avondale, Louisiana.

Author Mark Twain once referred to the Louisiana Old State Capitol as the ugliest thing on the Mississippi River.

A Mississippi River tugboat company paid $850,000 for a 25-acre industrial property in southern Louisiana owned by Agape World, the Hauppauge-based company run by alleged Ponzi-schemer Nicholas Cosmo.

Photographer Lee Estes will have a new exhibit opening at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Louisiana in the Passman Room.

Author Mark Twain once referred to the Louisiana Old State Capitol as the ugliest thing on the Mississippi River.

October 26, 2009, 4:49 AM / The Central U.S. was forecast to see another day of wet weather as a strong cold front continued tracking through the Plains.

Today, Wednesday, October 21, is Missouri Day-a day set aside to commemorate Missouri's history and to celebrate the achievements of all Missourians.

Oceanographer Steve DiMarco of Texas A&M University, a leading authority on the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," and his team of researchers have been awarded $725,467 for the first year of a five-year, $3.72 million project that seeks to better understand and predict where and when the dead zone will happen each year.

Oceanographer Steve DiMarco of Texas A&M University, a leading authority on the Gulf of Mexicoa s a oedead zone,a and his team of researchers have been awarded $725,467 for the first year of a five-year, $3.72 million project that seeks to better understand and predict where and when the dead zone will happen each year.

A study released Tuesday estimates that there is enough sediment in the Mississippi River to save large areas of coastal Louisiana from sinking into the Gulf of Mexico if half of the river's muddy waters were diverted into the disappearing wetlands on either side of the river.

When cotton candy ended up as part of a dessert, I knew that people in Louisiana take their sugar seriously.

Fishermen, scientists and public officials on Monday urged the Obama administration to deal with south Louisiana's dire problems before the region is lost to the Gulf of Mexico.

The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit New York transits the Mississippi River on Tuesday after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale , Louisiana .

But the president needs to understand the peril facing our coast even without seeing it for himself.

The USS New York , an assault ship built in part with 7.5 tonnes of steel salvaged from the World Trade Centre, has ventured out for the first time into the Mississippi River from the Louisiana shipyard where she was built.