Shipping season on the upper Mississippi River has ended as the last barges headed south from St. Paul, Minnesota Nov. 25. Because the upper river freezes each year, barge traffic always halts until ...

The last Mississippi River barge of the year departed St. Paul on Tuesday, ending the 2025 Upper Mississippi shipping season. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul district, the M.V.

Alton firefighters were called to assist in rescue efforts about 7 a.m.

The River Bell Award was presented to George G. Leavell, CEO of Wepfer Group, LLC. The River Legend Award honored William R.

Year-over-year Mississippi River levels at St. Louis and Memphis are currently measuring above last year. But, without significant rain in the forecast and concerns for the volume of water coming from ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat capsized in central Congo, leaving 64 people missing, authorities said Wednesday. The river barge sank on Monday on the mouth of the Sankuru River in Kasai province, an ...

Louisiana is shrinking. Since the early 1930s, the state has lost about 2,000 square miles of land for a variety of reasons ...

A barge and towboat head north up the Mississippi River past Vicksburg on Thursday morning.

Have you ever watched a Christmas movie and marveled over how much time and effort the town goes into to celebrate the season ...

The 2025 River Bell Awards in Paducah, Ky., Dec. 11 honored two towboat crews for heroic 2023 and 2024 rescues on the Lower ...