The Mississippi River appeared to hit its crest Tuesday in Baton Rouge after an extended rise following heavy rain up river, reaching the seventh-highest level in recorded history, authorities said.

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 ...

Louisiana residents will have a chance to review 10 proposed locations for a new bridge over the Mississippi River in the Baton Rouge area. The consultant group the state has hired for the project ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The site of the new Mississippi River Bridge won’t be selected until mid-2025, according to state transportation officials. The Capital Area Road and Bridge ...

A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resident hunting for artifacts in the Mississippi River was amazed to find the wreck of a 19th-century ship in the drought-stricken waterway, CNN affiliate WBRZ reports.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD ... officers were responding to a crisis at the Mississippi River bridge where a woman climbed the guardrail and was threatening to jump. BRPD Officer Jakiya Jones ...

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 ...

Below Baton Rouge the chivalry have not been so vigorously in search of their "rights," and in consequence both banks of the river are continued ... smallest boat in our Mississippi flotilla.

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 ...