Family members plan to lead a candlelight ceremony Monday for a Dulac tugboat deckhand who went missing in the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana-Texas border. Thomas Phillips, 35, was last seen about ...

The body of a tugboat deckhand from Dulac who went missing last week in the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana-Texas border has been found, family members said Friday. Becky Parfait, mother of ...

Hundreds gathered Monday evening at the Dulac Marina to light candles and console the family of a tugboat deckhand who went missing last week in the Gulf of Mexico. Thomas Phillips, 35, was last seen ...

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Chad Rollins, a machinery technician at Station Sabine, was honored this week with the Meritorious Service Medal for rescuing the tugboat captain and deckhand in March.

Each tug has a crew of three — the pilot and two deckhands — who work together 12-hour shifts, nine to 10 months of the year, depending on when the river freezes. “It’s a 24/7 operation for the ...

While traveling along the Ohio River, a “clanking” sound caught the attention of a tugboat captain who watched two pipe bombs land on the boat’s deck, according to federal investigators. Days before, ...