Ravines act like fast-moving highways, delivering sediment into Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River. A new project will examine how to control them.

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - An environmental assessment for a new Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge is moving forward. According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development ...

Day six of the trial for Brandon Isabelle, who is accused of killing his girlfriend and their two-day-old baby girl, continued on Monday. Isabelle has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including ...

The project to build a new Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge has entered the environmental review phase, giving the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development one year to ...

Water covers a portion of Owl Hoot Road and part of a house in Ridgely, Tenn. on April 9, 2025 following 96 hours of heavy rain that caused the Obion River to overflow. (Photo: Cassandra Stephenson) ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Saltwater from the Gulf is once again creeping up the Mississippi River, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to build an underwater barrier to slow it down. Due ...

American Cruise Lines is launching three new itineraries on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The new cruises include a nine-day Arkansas River cruise between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Memphis, ...

Low water levels on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers could affect ferrous scrap and finished steel flows in the Midwest and South. Several steel mills in the South and Midwest receive recycled steel ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to fight a saltwater intrusion making its way up the Mississippi River. Dry conditions in states upstream have lowered the ...

A lack of rain, particularly in areas that drain into the Ohio River, is leading to restrictions on barge sizes on the Mississippi River. On September 13, water levels on the Mississippi at Memphis ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will build an underwater sill in the Mississippi River to stop saltwater from creeping farther upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. The Corps says ...