The St. Mary Levee Director preemptively closed a floodgate to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche from a swollen Mississippi River.

The Terrebonne Parish Water District 1 will spend $1.3 million in the next three months performing maintenance on its water towers and standing pipes.

Water service was restored to 39,000 residents Sunday, four days after it was cut off by an emergency decision from the Terrebonne Parish Waterworks ... feeds all of lower Terrebonne.