If I could change places with him laying on that cold slab like he is now, getting cremated like he is now, I would do that.” ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An accident involving a boat carrying passengers on the Niger River in north-central Nigeria has killed at least 26 people, an official said Wednesday. The accident happened ...

A volunteer with the Central Wetlands Reforestation Collective plants bullrushes in the Bayou Bienvenue swamp. (Photo by Lue Palmer for Louisiana Illuminator) This reporting is supported by the ...

ST. LOUIS – Volunteers are gathering this morning to clean up the St. Louis riverfront along the Mississippi River. The cleanup event, which runs from 8 AM to 1 PM, aims to address the significant ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - A Virginia mom and seven of her kids are on a Mississippi River adventure and we caught up with them as they were leaving La Crosse. Nikki Bettis of Danville, Virginia and ...

Water covers a portion of Owl Hoot Road and part of a house in Ridgely, Tenn. on April 9, 2025 following 96 hours of heavy rain that caused the Obion River to overflow. (Photo: Cassandra Stephenson) ...

Low water levels on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers could affect ferrous scrap and finished steel flows in the Midwest and South. Several steel mills in the South and Midwest receive recycled steel ...

Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed, Sept. 15, 2023, in St. Louis. A long stretch of hot, dry weather left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to fight a saltwater intrusion making its way up the Mississippi River. Dry conditions in states upstream have lowered the ...

TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI AS A SALT WATER WEDGE IS NOW SLOWLY CREEPING UP THE RIVER. SO TO COMBAT THE IMPACTS HERE, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS BUILDING AN UNDERWATER SEAL THERE ...

Along with calls for better disaster mitigation programs, the mayors announced a new federal data tool that will compile information on drought, flooding and river levels. Mayors along the Mississippi ...