Mississippi River

Firefighters have recovered a badly decomposed body from the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

Flooding along the Mississippi River is closing roads, inundating low lying areas and testing sandbag fortifications.

Authorities have identified the woman whose body was found floating in the Mississippi River earlier this week.

Authorities have suspended the search for a 29-year-old kayaker who fell into the Mississippi River after hitting towlines between two barges.
Dalton Bast was last seen around 4 a.m. Thursday on the river at St. Louis. Barge workers saw him fall and threw a line, but their effort was unsuccessful...

A Mississippi River lock and dam north of St. Louis has reopened after a towboat spilled about 50 gallons of diesel while passing through the lock.

Traffic is moving again on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, but with some restrictions.

Authorities say a man who jumped into the Mississippi River and drowned had boasted to friends that he had jumped into the river many times and wanted to do it again.

Authorities say a Cape Girardeau man has drowned while swimming to a dike in the Mississippi River.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man is missing after a tugboat sank in the Mississippi River. St. Louis fire officials say a tugboat collided with a barge Sunday evening and the boat was pulled underneath some nearby barges. Two crew members on the tugboat were rescued...