Corps battles to control old river

05/12/11 Pointe Coupee Parish, LA-- Where the Mississippi River passes into Louisiana, brothers David and Jonathan Deville come to watch a spectacle. Water gushes through the Old River Control Structure, creating a torrent. "I've been coming here 10, 15 years," David Deville said.  "I've never seen it like this." It is here that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers keeps the Mississippi shifting course ...

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LADOTD Flood Zone Road Closures

05/16/11 Road Closures: Pointe Coupee Parish ·        (Closed) LA 975 from US 190 in Pointe Coupee to I-10 in Iberville Parish. ·        (Closed) LA 10 from the Old Melville Crossing to the East Guide Levee of the Morganza Floodway. ·        (Closed) LA 417 from the North Guide Levee of the Floodway to LA 10. ·        (Closed) LA 77 from LA 10 to the South Morganza Floodway Guide Levee. Concordia Parish ...

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Granny Boudreaux brings laughter to Pointe Coupee

06/28/11 A Louisiana boy has made quite a name for himself in Branson, Missouri, a town known for its musical and variety shows. Now he's coming home to Pointe Coupee.

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