Robert Major Walker made history in 1988 when he was elected as the first Black mayor of Vicksburg, a Mississippi River town ...

The dead zone, a stretch of oxygen-depleted water that forms annually off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, is caused primarily ...

The tropical Sun Garden provides a budget-friendly escape during Illinois winters, offering warmth and lush greenery without requiring a plane ticket to southern latitudes. Moline’s calendar of events ...

New York City and New Jersey are under states of emergencies as torrential rain pounds the Northeast on Thursday afternoon.

The Gulf of America's "dead zone" has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than last year and far less ...

But what about Venice, Illinois? The town of about 1,700 near St. Louis has a distinction of its own — according to ...

The case was the first successful prosecution under Parker’s Law, named after a Mississippi College student who overdosed on fentanyl and died.

A Picayune man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for fentanyl delivery resulting in death and other narcotics offenses.

You’ve likely heard the phrase the Muddy Mississippi, and it is accurate. The water is brown from bank to bank, at least as far as we went. It flows at a steady 5 or 6 miles per hour this time of year ...

Aultman was sentenced to 20 years in the custody of MDOC — the maximum sentence for the aggravated assault. Long Beach ...

The special seminar focused on issues that not only pesticides cause, but also the effects of the Mississippi River ...

The massive area of low oxygen can cause fish, shrimp and other marine life to flee or die. It can also affect fish diets, ...