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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a test opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway near LaPlace on Monday, April 21, 2025. The Mississippi River reached its highest level of the spring season ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — A bridge that once linked the Mississippi Riverfront in downtown ... buoy between two old pedestrian bridges near the river caused the collapse. Belle of Baton Rouge casino ...
These eight Baton Rouge-area restaurants are situated along the Mississippi. Not all of these restaurants offer an expansive view of Ole Man River ... specials like catfish Acadiana topped ...
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 ...
Levels will begin falling shortly after. The Mississippi River at Baton Rouge is currently in the minor stage at 35.71 feet. It is expected to reach major flood stage 40.5 feet next Friday afternoon.
The Mississippi ... the impacts as the river rises and begins to get up against the levees." The river will reach flood stage from the Arkansas line to Baton Rouge beginning Saturday at the ...
Eucharistic Procession today in the Diocese of Baton Rouge from St. Joseph’s Cathedral to the Mississippi River w/ the Largest Monstrance in the World! I preached on top of a “Friar Truck ...
Louisiana’s Department of Transportation and Development is working to build a new bridge across the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, meant to alleviate congestion and fuel growth on both ...
Model of the lower Mississippi River at the River Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in October 2023. (Sabrina Canfield/ Courthouse News Service) BATON ROUGE, La. (CN) — Louisiana ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A body was reportedly found in the Mississippi River before midnight Monday. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said the Coast Guard contacted deputies about ...
“Serious concerns” over critically low water levels in the Mississippi River system led port authorities ... to 41 feet upriver of the port of Baton Rouge, the nation’s eighth-largest ...
The USS Kidd, a retired Navy destroyer, sits high and dry on the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. Here's what the Mississippi River looks like from its start in Minnesota all the way ...