The Mardi Gras parades, soul food and dreamy beaches of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are set to be the next big thing ...

Bald eagles love calling the Mississippi River home, but why? The answer lies in the perfect combination of abundant fish, ...

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

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

The data that Burdis and Jankowski are looking at is much newer, dating back about 30 years, but it shows a similar trend.

KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi ... of the river known as the backwaters have historically frozen every year in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Even the main channel ...

The $63.7 million project would restore forests and wetland habitats along 39 miles of the Mississippi River from Memphis to ...

Mary Meachum, abolitionist dedicated her life to helping slaves escaping St. Louis to reach freedom, Illinois ...

The water levels are low and it's exposing numerous valuables and treasures on the shore of the Mississippi River! We walked the steep rocky banks picking up valuable treasure and metal just sitting ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WILX) - Another body of water is getting a new name - at least according to Illinois. In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of ...

The governor went on to say there will be an announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River as part of the joke.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.