MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Back on May 8th, 1925, Tom Lee saved over 30 people after a steamboat overturned on the Mississippi River. Quincy Morris, the Executive Director of Klondike Smokey City CDC ...

Lots of delta blues musicians worked on the river, Smith said, including those forced to build levees to protect fields from floodwaters. They endured the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 ...

The 31-acre, $61 million Tom Lee Park honors the memory of Tom Lee's heroic river rescue of 32 engineers and their families in 1925 Tom Lee's gumption was praised in a May 9, 1925, article in The ...

Life on the river wasn't all Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. It was day after day of challenges, hard work and hazards. That's not saying there weren't adventures to be had.

The designers behind the renovated Tom Lee Park are adding a Mississippi River overlook: The Memphis Flyway. On Thursday, local and state officials gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the ...

“If you’re afraid of getting on the river yourself, then come with me!” Brown said. Her community paddle schedule is available for booking starting May 22 on the Paddle Share website. New ...

They were among thousands of Catholics who converged on the Mississippi River Aug. 14 and 15 for the Fête-Dieu du Mississippi. The two-day boat procession traveled down the river from Baton Rouge ...

GENOA, Wis. (WFRV) – Seven people, including a child, are safe after a harrowing incident on the Mississippi River when their boat went through a dam gate on Monday afternoon. According to the ...

Unlock URL Order Reprints Gift this Article Rendering of the deck of Tom Lee Park's Memphis Flyway Memphis River Parks Partnership By Wendy Guzmán – Reporter, Memphis Business Journal Jun 6, 2024 ...

The designers behind the renovated Tom Lee Park are adding a Mississippi River overlook: The Memphis Flyway. On Thursday, local and state officials gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the ...