The incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. Sunday near mile marker 110 ... sinking in the river. Tugboats retrieved four of the drifting barges, while the remaining two became entangled with anchored ...

The United States Coast Guard is investigating a vessel collision on the Lower Mississippi River that sunk a barge.

Officials are one step closer to creating a trail connecting the Mississippi River to the Rock River ... to-coast and runs through Moline and Rock Island before crossing into Iowa.