• Advertise with Us
  • Legals
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
St. Charles Herald Guide
  • Home
    • Terms of Service
    • About Us
    • Staff
    • Publications
      • Advertise
      • Favorite Links
  • Local News
    • St. Charles Parish
      • Bayou Gauche
      • Boutte
      • Des Allemands
      • Destrehan
      • Hahnville
      • Luling
      • Montz
      • New Sarpy
      • Norco
      • Paradis
      • St. Rose
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Jail Roster
    • Real Estate Transactions
  • Lifestyles
    • Profiles
    • Recipes
  • Sports
    • Boys Basketball
    • Girls Basketball
    • Boys Soccer
    • Girls Soccer
    • Baseball
    • Softball
  • School News
  • Obituaries
  • Back Issues
  • Membership
    • Subscribe Now
    • Has its Advantages
    • FAQs
    • Back Issues
    • Gift Subscription
    • Subscription Services
May 30, 2026
HomeBonnet Carre’ Spillway

Bonnet Carre’ Spillway

Fishing / Hunting

Fishermen flock to spillway after closure

April 9, 2018 Anna Thibodeaux

With a cast of his fishing line, Danny Simoneaux explained he was on his second day of fishing at the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway and pleased with the 30 catfish he caught in the area. […]

News

Spillway could open for second time this year due to rising river

March 15, 2018 Anna Thibodeaux

Although the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway is already being opened to avoid flooding with heavy rains from the Ohio Valley, a second opening is possible this year from a late northern ice melt. […]

News

Spillway opening will bring the fish

March 8, 2018 Anna Thibodeaux

If bald eagles hanging around the rain-swollen Bonnet Carre’ Spillway in Norco are any indication of what’s coming with today’s opening of the levee, then the public is grabbing fishing lines and nets. […]

News

Bonnet Carre’ Spillway to open 12th time

March 5, 2018 Anna Thibodeaux

Weeks earlier than anticipated, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway at 10 a.m. Thursday to ease the fast rising waters of the Mississippi River. […]

Health

Teen injured by explosion in spillway

July 26, 2017 Anna Thibodeaux

A Norco father wants to know what happened to his son after an apparent explosive blew off parts of his son’s fingers at the Bonnet Carre Spillway. […]

Government

Mississippi River expected to crest at 16.5 feet, but not enough to force opening of spillway

May 26, 2017 Anna Thibodeaux

Heavy rains from the North and Midwest are expected to make the Mississippi River crest at 16.5 feet by May 28, just narrowly missing the “trigger” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers relies on to open the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway. […]

News

Police searching for woman missing near Spillway

November 4, 2016 Anna Thibodeaux

The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office is seeking help with locating a Mississippi woman reported missing from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sinking unit on the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway.
[…]

Lifestyles

Fishing, flying model airplanes, camping draw thousands to the spillway

June 10, 2016 Ryan Arena

Against a cerulean sky sprawling over the more than 7,000 acres of the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway area in Norco, Harold Berner watched his bright yellow Waco model airplane soar in a circle and then glide into a landing on the ground. […]

Crime

Police ID body found in spillway

May 31, 2016 Ryan Arena

The body recently discovered in the Bonnet Carre Spillway was positively identified as Estelle Webb, 88, of New Orleans, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office. […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 3 4 5 … 10 »

Top News

Destrehan High School Salutatorian: Hannah Burst

May 28, 2026

Dual-sport athlete helped build winning culture 

May 28, 2026

News in Pictures

St. Charles Herald Guide
14236 US Highway 90
Boutte, LA 70039
P. 985.758.2795
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:30pm
  • About Us
  • Staff
  • Customer Privacy Policy
  • Subscriber Services
© Copyright 1999 - 2026 St. Charles Herald-Guide

© Copyright 1999 - 2026 St. Charles Herald-Guide