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.

The project aims to expand the fundamental knowledge of geology and hydrology in Northwest and Southeast Louisiana, Central and Southwest Mississippi, and Southern Illinois.

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.

Mississippi authorities captured a man wanted in multiple states after he allegedly bought livestock and agricultural equipment with fraudulent checks.

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.

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

Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) assisted in the arrest of a Louisiana man, who was wanted in several states for writing fraudulent checks to purchase livestock and agricultural equipment.

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,

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

Next rain chance is coming Friday morning with a front. Few showers and heavy downpour or 2. Rain ends as we dry out midday Friday into the weekend. Temps stay in the 64-68° Saturday-Sunday. Lows in the 40s north and 50s south. pic.twitter.com/UV1Ajeoutn

Expect warmer and more humid conditions for Wednesday afternoon with temperatures in the upper 60s. A southerly breeze will push warm moist air across cooler surface waters that may prompt sea fog for early Thursday.