According to Pro Farmer, a lack of rain has led to reduced barge draft and tow sizes along the Mississippi river system, causing delays and groundings near Hickman, Ky., according to USDA’s ...

WINFIELD, Mo. — Firefighters were called to rescue three barge workers stranded on the Mississippi River Thursday night. The Winfield Foley Fire Protection District says that high winds blew the ...

South of St. Louis, parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited. “As if agricultural shippers did not have enough supply chain challenges ...

Surging water from the Mississippi River led to a 2023 barge strike on a gate at Algiers Lock in New Orleans, according to a ...

(First Alert 4) - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fire involving several boats left in a pit near the Mississippi River. The Rivers Pointe Fire Department responded ...

"If you go down the Mississippi River ... the river is littered with abandoned boats and jet skis," O'Connor said. "Somebody needs to do something about it." After learning about the situation ...

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal ...

KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River, his back to a few fishers ... major barrier that prevents tows from pushing barges further upriver each season.