Christmas Eve in the River Parishes means bonfires on the levee, an old tradition meant to guide “Papa Noël” along the ...

Two giant mallard ducks in Garyville are both a folk-art masterpiece and part of an age-old Christmas bonfire tradition.

Potential for dangerously low visibility as dense fog mixes with residual smoke from fireworks & the lighting of the Bonfires ...

Rescues were carried out there while in New Orleans, the levee system was holding, though power lines were downed and debris littered the streets, prompting officials to impose a dusk-to-dawn curfew.

The chief of the New Orleans area levee police has sought to clarify the agency's decision to provide SWAT-like training for select officers and new rifles, saying the specialized instruction will ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A resounding majority of New Orleans voters express at least some confidence in the area’s hurricane protection system, according to the results of a FOX 8 News/Mason-Dixon poll.

Ida battered Louisiana as a Category 4 with top winds of 150 mph, a tie for 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. LAPLACE, Louisiana -- Some families near New Orleans have been forced ...