Traffic backs up onto the I-10 Mississippi River bridge using the Plaquemine exit, top, as traffic heading south on LA-1 backs up Thursday March 28, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTO ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE (WGNO)— The Mississippi ...

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 ...

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.