ST. LOUIS (AP) — Barges began moving again on the Mississippi River north of St. Louis on Tuesday, five days after river traffic was shut down while repairs were made to an aging lock. All of ...

RED WING, Minn. - A deckhand on a barge sustained serious injuries Sunday after being pinned between the barge and the lock wall at a lock and dam on the Mississippi River. Clayton Little, 30, Reagan, ...

On a bracingly cold February day, a small tug boat approaches Lock and Dam 27 on the Mississippi River. The boat, the Dennis Ross out of Vicksburg, Mich., is hauling asphalt. It's moving at the ...

Winter has arrived on the uppermost part of the Mississippi River. Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin ...

(AP) The Mississippi River’s 70-year-old system of locks and dams urgently needs upgrades to accommodate barges that have gotten bigger over time, a group of federal lawmakers is warning after last ...

Drought on the lower Mississippi River has pushed barge rates up 31% and slashed southbound shipments 79%, threatening U.S.

February isn’t the ideal month for workers into dive into the Mississippi River and upgrade transportation infrastructure, but Jim Cook says there’s no choice. “We can’t do this during the navigation ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, expects to close two locks on the Mississippi River because of rising river levels. The closures are necessary as the Mississippi River overtops ...

TREMPEALEAU, Wis. (WKBT) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is replacing nearly century-old miter gates at Lock and Dam 6 on the Mississippi River, part of an ongoing effort to maintain safe ...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — Shipping resumed Thursday through one of the Mississippi River's busiest locks, after crews completed emergency repairs that took days and that stranded hundreds of barges ...

WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- The Army Corps of Engineers says a lock on the Mississippi near St. Louis that had been closed for repairs since last week has reopened. Corps spokesman Alan Dooley said Lock 25 ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, will close Mississippi River Lock 20 in Canton, Mo., Lock 21 in Quincy and Lock 22 in Saverton, Mo., because high river levels are causing water ...