Fred Newton’s epic swim down the Mississippi River earned him a world record, but not the fame and fortune he hoped.

The latest book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ulysses S. Grant ...

ST. JAMES PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Officials in St. James Parish are investigating an odor that is being smelled by residents.

A cruise ship, specifically a ship with the river cruise company Viking, has been docked in Louisville since the Fourth of ...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is doing additional monitoring in the Lutcher area due to the smell of gas.

If you’re at the John Deere Classic Sunday afternoon, there’s another chance for a quick shower fast approaching. This shower ...

Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest flood event in the U.S. in the past 25 years. The storm crashed into the Gulf Coast and ...

Officials investigated a gas odor in Lutcher, LA, linked to a Mississippi River ship; no injuries or evacuations reported.

This article on the wilderness areas along the Buffalo National River is the eighth in a series commemorating the 40th ...

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to ...