A 1943 photo shows the Illinois Terminal Depot in Alton partially submerged during a Mississippi River flood that crested at ...

Join the National Great River Museum for Mississippi Meanderings, featuring talks on music history and a performance by Trapper Haskins.

Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the ...

The Water Resources Development Act was signed into law on Jan. 4 and includes studies on increased flooding in the upper Mississippi basin.

The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in the U.S., second only to the Missouri River. The river passes through 10 states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky ...

A University of Mississippi (UM) study showed a meteoric rise in methamphetamine deaths in the U.S. since the turn of the ...

After beginning his career in Oxford, Mississippi for Ole Miss, Altmyer transferred to Illinois and won the quarterback job in 2023. Altmyer, wrapping up his second season with the Fighting Illini ...