by Ashley Byrd | Jun 19, 2019 | News
The Mississippi River has been receding in Hannibal, where the levee held and the town was protected. The river topped at one foot shy of the record flooding in 1993. After hundreds of volunteers, National Guard troops and inmates helped flood-threatened areas in...
by Mike Lear | Aug 1, 2013 | News
She received two battle stars for her service in World War II and was credited with clearing eighty-two mines. She patrolled the waters around the Okinawa island chain during the struggle to control it in 1945, and helped clear the waters off Japan and Korea ahead of...
by Mike Lear | Jun 4, 2013 | News
The Corps of Engineers has closed about a 5-mile stretch of the Mississippi River at St. Louis due to high water levels. The Corps is barring River traffic from the McKinley Bridge to the Merchant’s Bridge. The River at St. Louis has reached 40 feet, about the...
by Mike Lear | Dec 28, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
Two river barge trade groups say barge traffic on the Mississippi River could come to a halt next week if someone doesn’t put more water in the River. Waterways Council, Inc. is one of two groups that says as early as next week there won’t be enough water...
