Cities along the Mississippi River are closing their flood gates and preparing for water to continue to rise after four days ...

Mississippi skies are clear and sunny now, but a threat looms after last week's storms: Flooding from the Mississippi River and some tributaries.

Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs has declared a state of emergency in response to rising levels of the Mississippi River.

South, the river levels of the Mississippi continue to rise. Action News 5’s Tarvarious Haywood reports that the river, prior ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS – The “Mighty” Mississippi River is a true giant of American waterways, but if you’re wondering exactly how long it is, don’t expect one single, definitive answer. On Wednesday ...

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.” ...