Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Residents in Southwest Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana should expect to see low-level airplane flights from February through April as part of efforts to map geography and aquifers.

Low-level airplane flights are planned over a broad region in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Illinois to image geology and aquifers using airborne geophysical technology.

Most of Interstate 10 in Louisiana was closed Wednesday due to icy conditions, with traffic restrictions beginning about 44 miles past Vinton. However, I-10 westbound from I-49 to Louisiana/Texas state line is now open,

Mississippi Department of Transportation is reporting congestion on I-10 past the Louisiana State Line in Hancock County.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ  – United Mississippi Bank, based in Natchez and Concordia Parish, Louisiana, opened three branches acquired from BankPlus on Monday. At this time, UMB took ownership of the physical branch locations,

The project sets aside 20,000 acres of hardwood bottomland forests inside the Mississippi River Delta of northeastern Louisiana and western Mississippi.

Louisiana’s ambitious plan to save and restore its coastline is stalled amid lawsuits seeking to halt the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. And now Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has voiced his own concerns about the project which environmental advocates fear could stall the project indefinitely.

Visiting Muskogee was a new experience for Landen Waldon, a junior at Mississippi School for the Blind. "This is the farthest I've ever been west," Landen said. "I'm enjoying it so far. I love the mountain scenes.

Studies have shown that scoring basic on NAEP is roughly equivalent to scoring “proficient” on many state tests. Students who fall below it lack important reading comprehension skills; for example, a 4th grader scoring below basic might not be able to determine the main idea or purpose of an informational text.

A woman died after she was allegedly kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend from a Nissan plant in Mississippi, authorities said.

New Orleans will collaborate with the state in growing the sport; 14 states now have girls flag as a sanctioned school sport.