A prior version of the bill would have scrapped an independent committee that puts forward prospective board members. The new ...

Like on Easter, at least five law enforcement agencies including Troop Nola will have dozens of officers manning the area and ...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN)-- Efforts to bolster a private New Orleans-area levee that had been in danger of failing because of Hurricane Gustav appeared to be working Monday night, the president ...

15. The catastrophic failure of the levee walls seals New Orleans' fate. Designed to protect the city from a surge of at least 11.2 feet above sea level, the walls failed with a maximum surge of ...

Asked directly who was responsible for emergency repairs to New Orleans levees, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official and a Louisiana state official both said the Orleans Levee District -- at ...

NEW ORLEANS — Monday, an 11-foot alligator created quite a spectacle swimming along the levee in Old Jefferson. During high-water events like we're currently experiencing on the Lower ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Easter on the Lakefront ... However, with new safety measures put in place, Levee District Police Superintendent Joshua Rondeno says this year will be different.

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 ...