The Mississippi River is again facing low water levels — pushing up barge rates and making it more expensive for farmers to ...

Low water levels on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers could affect ferrous scrap and finished steel flows in the Midwest and South. Several steel mills in the South and Midwest receive recycled steel ...

ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi River level is dropping again and barge industry trade groups warned Thursday that river commerce could essentially come to a halt as early as next week in an area south of ...

Close to half of all U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat exports move through the Mississippi River system, making it one of the most important export corridors in the world. Over the past five years, an ...

ALTON, Ill. (KTVI) – Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. Emergency responders from Missouri and Illinois converged late ...

ST. LOUIS • The Mississippi River reopened to daytime barge traffic Saturday morning. It will remain closed during night hours at least through Sunday night to allow dredge crews through. The river ...

A man in a stolen vehicle led Minnesota authorities on a high-speed chase into Wisconsin that resulted in a standoff on a Mississippi River barge.

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black smoke, officials ...

As the numbers on the Mississippi River gauge at Memphis continue to sink, barge freight rates continue to rise. Barge rates in the mid-Mississippi River have yet to hit the heights of October 2022, ...