RIVER PARISHES, La. (WAFB) - Papa Noel is coming down the Mississippi River for Christmas, but he’s not the only one traveling a long distance for Christmas. RELATED: River parishes ready bonfires for ...

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — Christmas Eve, crowds packed the levee through St. John and St. James Parishes to watch dozens of bonfires lit at sundown. The tradition is an old one, said to light ...

A centuries-old tradition of lighting bonfires on the Mississippi River levees continues in south Louisiana. The bonfires are lit on Christmas Eve, with local folklore saying they light the way for ...

LUTCHER — The sheriff in St. James Parish is concerned the parish’s oldest tradition — and biggest tourist attraction — may face an unwanted enemy this year. A forecast of thunderstorms, and worse yet ...

Potential for dangerously low visibility as dense fog mixes with residual smoke from fireworks & the lighting of the Bonfires along the levee in Lutcher, Gramercy & Paulina. Potential for dangerously ...