The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.

NEW ORLEANS — High river levels caused six barges to break loose, one barge to sink, and halted river traffic near New Orleans Sunday night, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. There were no reported ...

On Thursday, a large barge sat in the middle of Ingram Lake near the dam. This is the home base for search operations on this ...

ALTON, Ill. (KTVI) – Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. Emergency responders from Missouri and Illinois converged late ...

ALTON, Ill. — Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis. The helicopter hit transmission lines over the Mississippi ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A stretch of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh ...

The man ended the pursuit after he jumped into the Mississippi River near La Crescent, Minn., and climbed onto a barge.

As the numbers on the Mississippi River gauge at Memphis continue to sink, barge freight rates continue to rise. Barge rates in the mid-Mississippi River have yet to hit the heights of October 2022, ...

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black smoke, officials ...