The first Orthodox Church in the US was established in New Orleans in 1864, built in 1866, by Greek merchants.

An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been ...

The Mississippi River crested in New Orleans this week, capping an anxious period for the engineers and residents who live ...

The Mississippi River reached its highest level of the spring season in Baton Rouge on Thursday, confirming forecasts of ...

The Mississippi River is cresting earlier and slightly lower than expected, with no immediate plans to open the Bonnet Carré ...

Just last week, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a test opening of the spillway in Norco, about 33 miles upriver from ...

The predicted flow rate of the Mississippi River is just below the threshold for a partial opening of the Bonnet Carré ...

A barge breakaway and sinking temporarily closed part of the Mississippi River near New Orleans after a vessel collision ...

The Coast Guard says high river levels contributed to a vessel collision on the Mississippi River near New Orleans, causing ...