Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...

River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...

With a $20M investment, the Jefferson County Port Authority will create the county's first publicly-owned terminal facility.

ALTON - Alton Main Street, the Sierra Club Illinois’ Three Rivers Project and Jacoby Arts Center are announcing the return of ...

The findings reflect those of a similar survey of the general population in the same 10 Mississippi River basin states, conducted last year by the University of Missouri in partnership with the ...

Crews last week exhumed his body and took DNA samples they will compare with others in a national database that did not exist ...

The Jefferson County Port Authority closed on the purchase of about 18 acres along the Mississippi River at 600 Riverport Way ...

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.

It’s the second-longest river in North America, beaten only by the Missouri River. You’ll find the Mississippi at its narrowest point at its headwaters in Lake Itasca, where it’s between 20 ...

Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend.

Cape Girardeau County’s coroner will be back in court on Tuesday, September 17 as he tries to get his criminal trial moved to ...