Year-over-year Mississippi River levels at St. Louis and Memphis are currently measuring above last year. But, without significant rain in the forecast and concerns for the volume of water coming from ...

Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping across the inland waterway system. This marks the third year in four that ...

But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. The Mississippi River is again facing low water levels — pushing up barge rate and making it more expensive for farmers ...

Water levels in parts of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers are likely to reach critically low stages soon, forcing shippers to light-load harvest-season grain barges for the fourth year in a row.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- The Mississippi River has hit its lowest-ever recorded water level in Memphis, Tennessee. And the level is forecast to fall even lower because of the drought in the mid-South and ...

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 ...

Springfield, Missouri, resident Max Thomas was killed in a bear attack earlier this month at a campground in Arkansas. A 60-year-old Missouri resident was killed by a bear in Arkansas just a few weeks ...

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 ...

Mississippi River levels are low this fall season—for the third year in a row. “The timing couldn’t be worse,” says Jon Davis, chief meteorologist at Everstream Analytics. “October is a critical month ...

The infractions involve the “red mud” lakes Atalco has built on site to hold the toxic slurry produced during the bauxite ...