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 ...

A bridge that spans the Mississippi River connecting Lansing, Iowa, to Wisconsin has temporarily reopened after a closure in mid-May disrupted travel and sent residents on long detours. The Black ...

Many residents live on one side of the Mississippi and work on the other. The bridge is a lifeline between the two states, they say, because it's the only way to cross the river in the nearly 60 ...

One Mississippi, an environmental advocacy group, is declaring June 2 the first-ever National Mississippi River Day. Multiple river cities and a few states have formally recognized the day ...

A toxic algae bloom along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast has shut down all of the state’s 21 beaches on one of the most popular summer holidays of the year.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three men who were reported missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar in the Mississippi River have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As the Mississippi River continues to rise, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin Phase One of their flood fight next week, which includes daily inspections.

A kayaker was rescued from the Mississippi River in Tipton County, Tennessee on Sunday. The Tipton County sheriff said on ...

The Mississippi River's immense size and its winding path across relatively flat terrain mean that floodwaters travel slowly downstream. It can take weeks for the surge of water currently moving ...

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 ...