Wes Modes emailed in the spring about his plan to spend the summer in a shanty boat on the rivers of south Louisiana. My first question was obvious: Why plan this trip for the summer? Workers on the ...

One of the boats was carrying mostly students who were returning to town for the start of the new school year, residents of the area said. By Saikou Jammeh and Justin Makangara Saikou Jammeh reported ...

On Thursday night, in an air-conditioned, upstairs bar overlooking a marina and campground on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal near Lake Pontchartrain, I learned the answer: He's a teacher and has ...