Moving New Orleans Forward anchor LBJ took a look at how geography shaped the parish’s growth.

The French Market District celebrated the 39th annual Creole Tomato Festival, where farmers gathered to showcase their best tomatoes.

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco asked President Bush to declare an emergency for her state Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Rita's arrival somewhere on the Gulf Coast. Earlier, Blanco declared a state of ...

The Black amusement park is an important chapter in Lincoln Beach’s history, but it’s not the whole or most recent story, ...

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a barge worker who went missing in the Mississippi River Wednesday afternoon.

Small on crowds but big on Creole charm, this New Orleans neighborhood is a hidden gem to behold with its history, architure, ...

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a $15 billion levee and surge protection system ...

The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane ...

When Katrina hit, New Orleans was protected by about 350 miles of levee and floodwall. Every canal and waterway into the city was connected to the Gulf, and so it had to contain the storm surge.

And who pays for it? In Louisiana, Ida finally answered the question that has haunted New Orleans ever since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city in 2005: Would the levees, rebuilt and fortified ...

As Ida’s storm surge pushed toward New Orleans, the water ran up against an intricate system of levees and flood walls built by the federal government after Katrina, and the system stopped the ...

NEW ORLEANS — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida's fury, passing their toughest test since the federal government spent billions of ...