The primary draws to southern Illinois are the outdoor recreation activities in Shawnee National Forest, including hiking, ...

Visitors enjoy a view of Mississippi River from the Fort Kaskaskia state historic site, across the river from the village of Kaskaskia, Illinois, on June 30, 2019.

Illinois’s length of the Mississippi is worth a drive, though, along what the state’s department of tourism calls the Great River Road. Galena, 160 miles northwest of Chicago, is the place to ...

The river tore through a levee in Thebes, Illinois, early Saturday, sending water rushing as far as 6 miles away from the Mississippi’s usual banks, CNN affiliate KFVS-TV reported.

A bald eagle loses grasp of its catch on the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam 18 near Gladstone, Illinois on Jan. 21, 2022. Drawn to unfrozen stretches of river the eagles can be seen by the dozen… ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — People living along the Mississippi River watched warily Sunday as water levels rose in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois, awaiting spring crests as floodwaters began to ...

The river is expected to crest at around 21.6 feet on Monday in the Quad-Cities area, where several neighboring cities sit along the Iowa-Illinois line. Some roads and parks near the river are closed.

ST. LOUIS – Authorities in Southern Illinois urged residents living behind the Len Small levee to move to higher ground after Mississippi River water topped it. The levee in the far southwestern ...

The rising Mississippi River is testing flood defenses in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois as it nears forecast crests in the area Monday, driven by a spring surge of water from melting snow.

The rising Mississippi River is testing flood defenses in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois as it nears forecast crests in the area Monday, driven by a spring surge of water from melting snow.