Work crews are breaking ground on a $1.6 million marsh restoration project on the Madisonville coastline that will protect the historic lighthouse that for nearly two centuries has stood watch where ...

For the better part of 200 years, a lighthouse on the shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain has helped guide vessels to the Tchefuncte River in western St. Tammany Parish. Long closed to the public, the ...

MADISONVILLE, La. -- On foggy mornings, as it has for close to 200 years, a light at the mouth of the Tchefuncte River powers through the murk to guide a mariner on his journey. Built in 1837, the ...

Dozens of volunteers planted bald cypress trees around a nearly 200-year-old Madisonville lighthouse for a wetlands restoration project Tuesday morning — the latest restoration event organized by ...

SEEING SOME MOVEMENT IN THE PUSH TO PROTECT LOUISIANA’S COASTLINE. WELL, LEADERS BROKE GROUND ON A $1.6 MILLION RESTORATION PROJECT TO CURB EROSION AND FLOODING ALONG THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER. ALONG THAT ...

OUR FUTURE STORY FROM THE SUPER BOWL, A LOUISIANA LANDMARK THAT HAS STOOD STRONG FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS IS NOW HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TCHEFUNCTE LIGHTHOUSE. IT’S BATTLED ...

One of the most historic houses in Madisonville is a little white cottage that sits along the banks of the Tchefuncte River in the shadows of the contemporary mansions that have sprouted up around it.

The Tchefuncte (pronounced "cha-FUNK-tuh") River Lighthouse is a historic structure that sits on Lake Pontchartrain near the mouth of the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, Louisiana, 45 miles north of ...