An 1863 map shows the Mississippi River from its junction with the Ohio ... partly because engineering has straightened its path and quickened its flow. Ashleigh Coleman The keelboats hugged ...

Situated about halfway between Kansas City, Missouri, and Indianapolis, St. Louis overlooks the Mississippi River on the Missouri ... of a bike and pedestrian path, catch a show at The Muny ...

At least seven people are dead in Missouri after strong supercell storms that spurred tornado warnings slammed into St. Louis on Friday. Two others died in Virginia.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’ ‘Blue Dog’ strategy of appealing to working-class rural moderates won her a long-held Republican district.

One need only look at the U.S. Senate, where on paper, Democrats have little discernible path to a majority in the near future ... represents the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi ...

Step into Hays House 1857 Restaurant & Tavern in Council Grove, Kansas, and you’re not just walking into a restaurant – you’re stepping through a portal to America’s frontier days, complete with a ...

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Environmentalists have come out against a potential bridge corridor that would bisect and partially destroy a primeval ...

Two sweeping studies are underway that will help define the path forward. DRINKING WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE: The problem of salt water moving up the Mississippi River when flows are low has ...

Bridges that span the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota are sturdy enough to withstand a barge collision, according to an engineer from the Wisconsin Department of ...

The structure, called the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, is to be located on the west side of the Mississippi River about 35 miles upriver from Neptune Pass, near the small town of ...