ALTON, Ill. (AP) — A modern Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn tackled the Mighty Mississippi last summer and turned their adventure into a movie. Kayakers, filmmakers and actors Ryan Jeanes, 33, of Austin, ...

Documentary premiere of “East Meets West: The First Railroad Bridge to Cross the Mississippi River,” set for Aug. 31 at Figge Art Museum The premiere screening of the documentary "East Meets West: The ...

Documentary+, the XTR-owned streaming platform for feature and short documentaries, has acquired the award-winning feature doc Mississippi River Styx, directed by Tim Grant and Andy McMillan. The doc ...

The Mississippi River is a superhighway for American agricultural products, but a warm fall and extreme drought conditions have contributed to its water levels dropping to record lows. Special ...

The iconic Mississippi River Delta is of enormous importance to the country, especially near the Gulf Coast. It's an economic engine and a key wildlife habitat. But it's shrinking considerably due to ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Mississippi River stretches for around 2,400 miles from central Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Every year, 30 to 50 paddlers attempt to travel its length. Shawn ...

Rockwood, Illinois — About eighty miles south of St. Louis, Brian Ragsdale’s boat, the Dredge Potter, has been deployed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carve a channel out of the bed of the ...