Start Independence Day weekend in Donaldsonville Thursday  Stop by Crescent Park this Thursday, July 3, for the annual ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Officials are easing the fears of Baton Rouge residents who may be concerned about the intrusion of saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico into the Mississippi River.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. According to forecasts, the river ...

The Mississippi River starts at the 1.8 square mile lake, Lake Itasca, in Minnesota. Flowing 2,350 miles south, it flows down ...

Beauregard Town is a historic district in Baton Rouge remembered as a place where residents would gather ... district with a warehouse district known as “Catfish Town” near the Mississippi River.

The Mississippi River reached its highest level of the spring season in Baton Rouge on Thursday, confirming forecasts of above-average flow rates but falling short of triggering a major emergency ...