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Low Mississippi River levels are again making it more expensive to transport crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
6 River Cruises That Will Make You Wonder Why You Don’t Go With the Flow More Often
River cruises often elicit a lackluster response—conjuring images of slow-moving vessels brimming with family reunion ...
Mississippi River water levels are dangerously low—which is trouble for both farmers and supply chains
Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...
Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana’s drinking supply
An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana’s drinking water supplies, is once again ...
Scenes from Hurricane Francine: Floods, damage & downed trees from Louisiana to South MS
South Mississippi woke to damage from Hurricane Francine as the Coast was hit with storm surge, flooding and high winds. See what it looks like out there.
Why the murder of Emmett Till remains shrourded in racism and mystery
The barn is where, on Aug. 28, 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy named Emmett Till was brutally beaten and killed by two (and ...