Corps closes final bays of Bonnet Carre Spillway

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed the final bays of the Bonnet (BON-eee) Carre (CARE-eee) Spillway, a Louisiana flood control structure that diverts the Mississippi River's water into a brackish lake.

The Corps began opening the spillway in late February after the river's level ...