This will be the first year for the Freighter Festival of Races ... March 29 at Avery Square and then head east along the St. Marys River, where runners can enjoy scenic views of passing freighters.

1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...

Paraguay's Congress will be asked to declare a hydrological emergency in the Paraná River to speed up dredging ... The Liberian-flagged freighter En May was removed on Friday from one of the ...

Another freak weather event hit the Upper Great Lakes and Mississippi River region on Nov. 11 ... The 253-foot steel freighter ran aground on a sandbar during the storm. The crew spent the ...

According to the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, crews are at the Red Star Boat Ramp of the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau. The fire department says they are unsure if anyone was on the boat, and ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management ...

The Corps of Engineers ran a test of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday in preparation for the possibility it will have to ...

Officials in Vicksburg and Warren County continue to prepare for flooding from the Mississippi River. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as of Friday morning, the ...

The Corps has not yet announced whether the agency will open the spillway, and says they are monitoring the forecast before ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in ...

The Mississippi River's endangered status stems from uncertainty surrounding FEMA's future role in floodplain protection and infrastructure maintenance. FEMA plays a crucial role in disaster ...