I came across it on the internet one day a handful of years ago, and it had never left my mind,” said Kim McElhaney, who traveled with her husband from Dry Branch, Georgia, to attend the legendary Mass.

Louisiana’s five deep-water ports along the Lower Mississippi River are joining forces for the first time to market themselves as one powerful gateway for global trade in a new agreement.

On Thursday, Rep. Brian Glorioso (R-La.) gave an update on the status of the Highway 90 bridges and the Highway 11 bridge over the railroad crossing.

Three more Republican governors authorized the deployment of national guard troops to Washington as part of President Donald Trump's show of force meant to crack down on crime and boost immigration enforcement in the nation's capital.

National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

State and federal officials should be working overtime to study numerous issues related to management of the Mississippi River and to plan for contingencies, including outright catastrophes. This is especially true concerning the Old River Control Structures.

BILOXI, Miss. — One credit union based in Mississippi and one based in Louisiana have announced plans for a merger. The Louisiana-based Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union would be merged into the Mississippi-based Keesler Federal Credit Union. The two institutions said Wednesday that the move must be approved by the National Credit Union Administration and members of Jefferson Financial.

Personnel from West Virginia arrived Monday, with troops from South Carolina, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Louisiana expected to arrive Tuesday.