To reclaim the Mississippi River during the Civil War, the Lincoln Administration contacted St. Louis businessman James B.

This journey through Illinois will guide you to 10 of the state’s most underrated state parks, each more captivating than the ...

This Oregon is firmly planted in Illinois, and Lowden State Park is its crown jewel. The park’s claim to fame is the 50-foot ...

LULING, La. (AP) — The crew of a tugboat was quickly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker ship in Louisiana. The U.S. Coast Guard said ...

The beauty of the Mississippi River and its watershed was on full, inside display over the weekend as the fourth annual Winter on the River Photography Contest opened for public viewing at the ...

Compared to statistically risky activities like horse racing, boxing, or mountaineering, duck hunting is pretty safe. In fact ...

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) – The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that 22 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi on Saturday, December 28. Residents and business owners can self-report ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is using boom to contain pollution from a collision between a cargo ship and a tugboat on the Mississippi River near Luling over the weekend while it investigates the crash ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Two people canoe under the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in the Mississippi River in Luling, La., July 25, 2014 ...

FILE - Two people canoe under the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in the Mississippi River in Luling, La., July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ...

Dec. 30 (UPI) --Five people were rescued after a ship and a tug collided on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, according to multiple reports. On Sunday, the tugboat Patrick J. Studdert and a ship ...