Oil and natural gas producer Energy XXI will become a bigger player in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico under a deal to buy certain offshore assets from Mit Energy Upstream, a unit of Japan's Mitsui & Co.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.

One of the tickets sold in Oklahoma for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 7-26-36-49-58 Powerball: 4 Power Play: 5 The player matching all five numbers and the Powerball won the $32.8 million jackpot.

For the first time this academic year, college campuses have reported a significant drop in cases of influenza-like illness, generally assumed to be pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the American College Health Assn.

Transportation commitments from gas shippers contribute to plans to increase Haynesville shale gas production by nearly twice the current level, producers say.

The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.

KENNETT, MO Supporters from across the country converged on the Dunklin County Courthouse Monday to voice public outrage against the Kennett Police Department and Dunklin County Prosecutor's Office.

Despite the high number of sub-standard bridges throughout the nation, bridge engineers remain optimistic they will be able to reduce number of deficient bridges Although a shockingly high number of bridges in the remain sub-standard, highway and bridge engineers are optimistic about reducing the number of structurally deficient and functionally ...

Greenwood senior guard Jeffrey Simmons signed a binding national letter-of-intent today to play basketball next season at Middle Tennessee State University.

There's been talk recently about how oil drilling has made the Texas and Louisiana coast look dirty.

Whether a large area of low oxygen water called the "dead zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico could cause declines in environmentally and economically important fish populations is the subject of a new study by University of Texas at Austin marine scientist Peter Thomas.

Tropical Storm Ida was forecast to make landfall Tuesday morning. The system was expected to continue losing strength as it pushed over land and was no longer fed by moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.

AT 600 PM CST0000 UTCTHE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTHLONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES60 KMEAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 125 MILES200 KMSOUTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA.

Ida is no longer a hurricane as it loses strength over the water on its way to a landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime early Tuesday.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Sunday as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm.

The only Louisianan on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bill Cassidy tries to keep his state's agricultural interests at the forefront.

TIE Technologies, Inc. today announces its participation in the Intelligent Flood Protection Monitoring, Warning and Response System DNR RSIQ No.

MapSpace! Despite a shift to dry weather this week across the Mississippi Valley, flooding remains a big concern for residents along the region's major rivers.

The U.S. Navy ship New York sit in the Mississippi River as it awaits it's Christening Ceremony at Northrop Grumman shipyard on March 1, 2008 in Avondale, Louisiana.

Author Mark Twain once referred to the Louisiana Old State Capitol as the ugliest thing on the Mississippi River.