The break, known as Neptune Pass, has grown so large it is comparable to the 10th-largest river in North America and the ...

Work crews began removing the roof from the hulking warehouse on the Gov. Nicholls Street wharf, kicking off the first phase ...

Officials state that constant rain from Northern parts of the country is causing the Mississippi River to rise above normal ...

The Mississippi River is at flood state tonight with a slow but steady rise predicted all week, with a crest predicted at 52 ...

A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...

In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...