A growing number of visitors are discovering southern Illinois as a travel destination amid a recent effort to entice more ...

The 2025 edition of RiverBeat Music Festival featured more than 50 performances across five stages May 2-4 at Tom Lee Park in Downtown Memphis — and The Commercial Appeal was there for all of it.

The Mississippi River rises to flood stage surrounding a highway outside Memphis in 2016. Memphis is again flooding this month after heavy rains. (Andrew Breig/Daily Memphian) Buy Photo The ...

State Hwy. 35 along the Mississippi River is taken over by floodwaters Thursday, April 27, 2023 in downtown Fountain City, Wis .The river is expected to reach the highest flood level in 20 years ...

FEMA's potential elimination threatens flood protection and infrastructure along the Mississippi River, said American Rivers, an environmental group based in Washington, D.C. The top 10 endangered ...

The Mississippi River is expected to remain in the minor flood stage through April, peaking at 37.5 feet by mid-month. After over a foot of rain fell in Memphis this past week, some rivers are in ...

Memphis landed a $12 billion project to house Elon Musk’s supercomputer, which some say will transform the city. It has been met with anger and suspicion.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Last Wednesday, April 2, the Mississippi River at Memphis was at a height of 8 feet on the National Weather Service gauge. As of Monday night, it’s at 28 feet and rising ...

A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in ...

In 2019, the river’s most recent major flood, floodwaters lasted months and caused $20 billion in damage. More: Extreme rainfall and historic floods are transforming life in the vast Mississippi ...

Flooding concerns continue along the Mississippi River because of recent rains up north. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has activated its Phase 1 flood flight procedures ...

Trump’s threats to FEMA ranked the river at the top. ... Mississippi River Named ‘Most Endangered’ in the Country ... 11:58 a.m. Apr. 17, 2025. Support the Memphis Flyer.