Mississippi River

EAST MOLINE, Ill.—Human remains discovered three months ago in a pickup truck in the Mississippi River have been identified as a man who was reported missing in 2019, Illinois authorities ...

They look like miniature castles that tried to cross a wide and powerful river and got stuck in ...

It's never been easier to bring out your inner sailor by captaining this houseboat down the mighty Mississippi

A wedge of saltwater is forcing its way up the drought-stricken Mississippi River, threatening drinking water supplies.

Our room rivaled those in many an upscale hotel. Food and table settings were five-star. The list of ...

I've been on several boat trips—a barge cruise in France, a Danube River cruise, a sail along the ...

OSCEOLA, Ark.—Jeff Worsham is a realist regarding the weather because he believes what he sees. That the regional ...

BATON ROUGE, Lousiana—An old Cajun memory of the Mississippi River has been uncovered by lowered water levels amid ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Photos taken by a Mississippi River kayaker about five years before a crack was found in the ...

A lone dog, stranded 120 feet above the Mississippi River on the ledge of a bridge, was discovered ...

JACKSON, Miss.—Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday amid predictions that a river running in ...

In Natchez, Mississippi, it’s fun to play pretend. On one night in the Southern river town, I find ...

A rare winter flood that brought record or near-milestone crests along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, claiming ...

The Mississippi River floods more often than it used to, and at higher levels. Richard Knaup thinks he ...

Imagine a lifeless, oxygen-deprived area in the Gulf of Mexico the size of New Jersey (as much as ...

Persistent drought conditions in the upper Midwest are threatening the nation’s waterways, with the mighty Mississippi River so ...