A strong current caused a bulk carrier to break free from its moorings at the Convent Marine Terminal dock in Convent, La., ...

Vicksburg, halfway between Memphis and New Orleans, has long been a bustling entrepôt on the Mississippi River—that twisting ...

Doug McIntyre highlights how the current drought between Ohio and West Virginia is drying up the Ohio River, which feeds into the Mississippi River. This causes significant disruptions to barge ...

Last year, the salt water forced some residents in lower Plaquemines to go for months using only bottled or trucked-in water.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is proposing a wastewater permit limiting the amount of hazardous chemicals ...

Most of the middle two-thirds of the Corn Belt is now the driest it has been in over 100 years according to official weather data.

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt ...

Construction has officially begun on what will become the largest solar project east of the Mississippi River. Located in southern Illinois, the Double Black Diamond Solar Facility is poised to ...

(Bloomberg) -- Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil shipments of everything from corn to gasoline. Dry conditions ...

“He probably pulled us 200 yards down the river … And when we finally got a ... the scales at 828 pounds — six pounds heavier than the current state record. Sasser reached out to the Mississippi ...

QUINCY — To help provide equitable learning access and opportunities and keep local youth connected, UScellular has donated 25 wireless hotspots and two years of service, valued at $28,150, to ...