The biggest cause of fires on New Year's Eve was people throwing fireworks away in dumpsters, causing fires as the fireworks reignited, Sullivan said. Mild 70s & warm 80s across the region today!

Drivers travel wrong way down Bonnet Carre Spillway to avoid traffic from 18-wheeler fire This Psychological Term Explains How GOP Officials Justify Harm Former TV anchor charged with first-degree ...

Although diverting floodwaters from the Mississippi down the Atchafalaya instead of opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway sounds like a good way around dumping fresh water in the Mississippi sound it ...

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 in ...

The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as Mississippi River water released through the spillway can degrade ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted into Lake ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans’ levee system comes at a cost: The rush of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. NORCO, La. (WGNO) — As the Mississippi River ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - There is a very real threat of fresh water invading the Mississippi Sound. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is testing the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday as groups in South ...

People fish in the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a test opening in Norco, La., Monday, April 21, 2025. The test comes as the Mississippi River nears flood stage ...

The Mississippi River's rise in recent weeks is prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform a test run of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday, preparing for the possibility that it will have ...