The Mississippi River hides a diverse array of elusive wildlife beneath its muddy waters, including bowfins, hellbenders, ...

Minor flood warning for Mississippi River at Alton and Grafton, plus Illinois River at Hardin, with cresting river levels ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation will begin work on a few Mississippi River bridges this week.

A recovery operation near the Mississippi River requiring careful coordination and planning. What makes river-area recoveries more challenging?

A nearly $1.9 billion investment is set to transform steelmaking in the Mid-South, bringing advanced technology, new jobs, ...

Grafton Ferry temporarily shuts down as rising Mississippi River waters block access road ...

Minnesota may be the land of 10,000 lakes, but a Minneapolis business owner isn’t forgetting about its most famous river.

More than five decades after the Lady Ree sank near Vicksburg, the Mississippi River still holds the vessel — and the men who ...

On April 26, 1876 — 150 years ago this weekend — the Mississippi River changed course at Vicksburg and altered the city's ...

Water levels and flows along the main stem of the Ottawa River continue to rise slowly from Mattawa to Pembroke, while they ...

Goodwill of South Mississippi is launching a new effort to help kids fall in love with reading by putting books in their ...

The threat of strong tornadoes, some even being EF3 or greater, is possible for eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, ...