ALTON - There are several opportunities for Mississippi River enthusiasts to learn more about the river and its relationship ...

The Steamboat Natchez offers a paddle-wheel boat experience on the Mississippi River. Departing from the French Quarter ...

But the headline act was not the ship, it was the Mississippi itself. Dubbed “the great artery of America” by Civil War ...

The Great River Road in Illinois is one of the longest stretches of the entire route. Along hundreds of miles, you'll find ...

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 ...

These river cruises utilize smaller and narrower boats that never leave sight of ... including the Eastern seaboard and the Mississippi River. Alternatively, you can go overseas as Viking operates ...

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 ...

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The Mississippi Department of Corrections has captured an inmate who escaped on Christmas Eve. The Mississippi Department of Corrections announced the capture of 33-year-old inmate Drew Johnson on ...

It’s perhaps one of the most American moments I’ve ever had, a thematic culmination of a 12-day “America’s Heartland” cruise up the Mississippi River that’s been full of Americana.

shallow backwater areas of the Mississippi River. Now, it's thriving just as much in the river's main channel, where the water moves quicker and is disturbed more regularly by boats and wind.

A large community of river people moored their boats along the Mississippi River shore that stretched from Brooklyn to East St. Louis, which hosted a riverfront community known as Sandy Hook.