A 100-year-old story The showboat was originally commissioned in 1899 as the General John Newton, a general work boat for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It traveled up and down the Mississippi ...

Illinois may be know as the Land of Lincoln, but the attractions it offers for kids and families go beyond the 16th president ...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, riverboats, besides being just a form of transport, also served as mobile hubs of fun and social activity, very similar to cruise boats that are still ...

The Wheeling for Healing cyclists stopped in Baton Rouge on Monday, Feb. 18 to donate money to the Mary Bird Perkins Caner Center. Haynes was arrested by the USMS and booked into the East Baton ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A local man is missing after he fell off a boat that capsized in Blakeley River Saturday evening. Family has identified the missing boater as 40-year-old John DeJonge of ...

The Mississippi State basketball coach was concerned ... and so it was one of those burn the boats games,” Jans said, who moved to 5-1 against Ole Miss in three seasons as the MSU coach.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Several people are in custody accused of conspiring to kill a man found tied up and tossed out on the Old Mississippi River Bridge. Gerard Nicholas Richard, 41 ...

Richard's body was discovered around 7 p.m. Thursday near the center of the Old Mississippi River Bridge, where he appeared to have been struck by at least one vehicle. His remains were “mangled ...

A tragic incident unfolded on the Blakeley River just north of the ... 6:00 PM on February 15, 2025, a boat carrying two adult males and a two-year-old juvenile capsized, sending all three ...

RIVES, Tenn. - A state of emergency has been declared in Obion County. The heavy rain Saturday evening has caused a levee there to break, and floodwaters are pouring into the surrounding area.

Perham Living resident Darlene Gleesing shares memories from performing on a showboat that traveled a portion of the ...