Former Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley has died. He was 78. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Coffey confirmed that Niceley ...

A northeast Ohio man was arrested and charged with threatening Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller while the two were traveling ...

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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 ...

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.

A new era emerging along the lower Mississippi River will pose serious challenges for Louisiana and the nation in the years ahead. Here are key takeaways from the newspaper’s project examining ...

The Mississippi River upriver from New Orleans, La. Thursday, May 8, 2025. Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas are to the right. (Staff photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune) ...

The Great River Road offers a scenic way to see the dozens of towns and cities along the banks of the Mississippi River. This is what to know.

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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.

Julian Lucas profiles the Black artist Lorna Simpson, and explores how her wryly evasive photos, films, collages—and now paintings—peel back the layers of our looking.