More than 30 years ago, floods swept across Iowa from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River, destroying homes, businesses and lives. Here are some of the key events and images from the great ...

Of all the levees, gates and walls keeping the Mississippi River in place across the length of America’s spine, Old River ...

A helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near mile marker 200 in St. Charles County, Missouri, prompting an ...

Emergency crews, led by the Alton Fire Department, are currently on the scene, and authorities have shut down the nearby ...

06-19-2024 IMPACT How the Mississippi River was deformed and manipulated—with catastrophic results A new book tells the modern history of the ‘Big Muddy’ as a tragedy wrought by colonial hubris.

Mark “River” Peoples, a river guide with the Quapaw Canoe Company, leads a group of kids on their canoeing trip in Helena, Arkansas, on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Search and rescue workers recovered three bodies from the Mississippi River on July 23 after a group of men were reported missing in Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park north of Memphis.