A dangerous collision on Interstate 24 on Wednesday resulted in a road closure that rerouted traffic headed toward Illinois to the U.S. 45 Ohio River "Brookport" ...

About 25 million people, or 8% of the population of the U.S., live in the Ohio River basin. The river spans 981 miles, starting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flowing to Cairo, Illinois, where it ...

Consider West Alton, Missouri, on a bend of the Mississippi near its meeting with the Missouri River.It had 3,900 people in 1970, Mayor Willie Richter said. That number nosedived to about 570 ...

President Taft’s 1909 visit to Cape Girardeau, prompted by his friendship with local leader Edward Regenhardt, left a lasting legacy celebrated today through historical exhibits and community ties.

More than 30 million people across 14 states rely on the Ohio River watershed for drinking water, recreation, and for their ...

About 800 Confederate POWs were briefly housed in a Lafayette slaughterhouse after the Battle of Fort Donelson. Lafayette ...

Two swimmers rescued, 20-year-old man missing after Mississippi River incident ...

ST. LOUIS — The nonprofit conservancy for the Gateway Arch National Park envisions the park grounds one day expanding to ...

Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport is shown. A bipartisan group of Iowa and Illinois lawmakers has announced $829 million in funding for upper Mississippi River lock and dam improvements.

6 News Now Update - Crews searching Mississippi River in Savanna, Illinois At that point, TV6 was only told that there was an “incident involving a boat” with “crews being in search mode on ...

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was very quick to open the Mississippi River to commerce, Ricchiuti said. It's unlikely a state would be able to handle the majority of that burden.

A ferry now serves the small Calhoun County community ...