CG ends Miss. River search

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, state and Plaquemines Parish agencies are searching for two people in the water near Bootheville, La., on Jan. 16. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report around 10:40 a.m. of a capsized 32-foot vessel, with two people aboard, in the vicinity of mile marker 18 on the lower Mississippi River. Missing are Katelyn Carlisle and Rueben Arellano. River traffic is restricted from mile marker 15 to mile marker 18. The current queue of vessels is four northbound, 10 inbound, and 15 southbound. Bootheville is about 70 miles SSE of New Orleans. (Source: Coast Guard 01/16/19) UPDATE 01/17/19): The Coast Guard ended its search for the two people on Jan. 17 after searching some 130 square nautical miles for 27 hours.