Passenger rail from New Orleans to Mobile is one giant step closer to becoming a reality. Trains could be rolling in time for the Super Bowl next year.
Amtrak passenger rail service will soon be offered from New Orleans to the Mississippi casinos and the city of Mobile now that the route has secured approval.
Caddo Parish Coroner Dr. Todd Thoma says the body found in the Red River early Saturday is that of a Pennsylvania woman who was passing through Shreveport.
31-year-old Betty Margaret Greer is believed to have been sitting on a post on the railroad bridge when she was hit by a train and possibly knocked into the river...