A 20-year-old man went missing in the Mississippi River near Grafton, Illinois on Saturday night, while swimming with two friends.

Illinois which boasts of a landscape that ranges from ancient rock formations to river-carved canyons that make it distinct ...

Members of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative agree FEMA doesn’t always meet their needs. But they don’t want ...

As climate change and development exacerbate the Mississippi River’s environmental problems, many communities will have to ...

Great River Road to shine with new visitor hub backed by Illinois grant ...

The Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative, a group that advocates politically for cities and towns on the Illinois River, is in talks with American Cruise Lines to set up a cruise route that ...

Illinois Deputy Governor Andy Manar ... work at the site of the old Piasa Harbor on the Great River Road in Jersey County. Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow, right, talks to an attendee at the Byway ...

Dawn came Sunday with a steady drizzle as Jackson, Mississippi, braced for the the most severe flooding the area has seen in nearly four decades. By 7:15 a.m. local time, the Pearl River ...

Sunday, Rex Monroe took his last ride. On the Illinois River, in an area notorious for strong currents, he fell off a Jet Ski and drowned. The lifeless Peorian was pulled from the river by rescue ...

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