White Castle News

Industrial developers are showing new interest in the nearly 1,000-acre Pointe Sunshine megasite downriver from Donaldsonville, an Ascension Parish economic developer said.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development posted changes in Mississippi River ferryboat schedules through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at New Roads, Plaquemine, St.

The state's transportation chief said Tuesday that his office is considering charging pedestrians on three New Orleans area ferries $1 per ride, the same that is now assessed to vehicles.

An Iberville Parish jury on Friday convicted a man of raping 9- and 11-year old girls while relatives of both children slept in a nearby bedroom.

As state agencies work to cut costs, every idea is on the table. They include eliminating airplanes, state cars and employee cell phones; hiring a contractor to process fingerprints for the state police; dropping state support for a Christmas tree recycling program; and closing three state-run ferries in south Louisiana.

One of the most famous plantations along the Mississippi River is Oak Alley in Vacherie, La.

One of the most famous plantations along the Mississippi River is Oak Alley in Vacherie, La.

Renovations had just been finished at Nottoway Plantation before Hurricane Gustav roared through.

Rachel L. Benoit of Lafayette, LA and Blake T. Endsley of Lafayette, LA were united in marriage on June 20, 2009, at 6:30 pm at Nottoway Plantation, White Castle, LA.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced Friday afternoon that a $350 million chemical plant will built along the Mississippi River in Iberville Parish.

State police say a White Castle woman died and a man was injured in a single-car crash on La.

A lot of people have been calling and E-mailing, wanting to know how my Midwestern vacation -- a k a "Ron and Joe Go to White Castle" -- turned out.

Iberville Parish Sheriff's officials have confirmed two people are in the hospital after a train hit their SUV in White Castle at the intersection of Highway 1and Dorcy Street.

State Police seized more than 20 pounds of marijuana and arrested a Houston man on a drug distribution count during a traffic stop along Interstate 12 in eastern Livingston Parish early Friday, troopers reported.