A 1943 photo shows the Illinois Terminal Depot in Alton partially submerged during a Mississippi River flood that crested at 34.4 feet.

Join the National Great River Museum for Mississippi Meanderings, featuring talks on music history and a performance by Trapper Haskins.

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme weather events due to climate change.

Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the new designs, or for one of three flags that have already flown over the Land of Lincoln: the current state flag, the 1918 Centennial Flag and the 1968 Sesquicentennial Flag. Votes can be cast once a day through Feb. 14.

A University of Mississippi (UM) study showed a meteoric rise in methamphetamine deaths in the U.S. since the turn of the 21st century. The death rate rose 61-fold from

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

Noel Phillip Workman, Sr., passed away on January 20, 2025, just three days after his 85th birthday.

West Virginia took advantage of the absence of Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic, who leads the Cyclones shooting 44.3 percent from 3 this season, in Saturday’s 64-57 win. As a team, Iowa State has a higher 3-point rate and shoots a better percentage with Momcilovic on the floor:

Our veteran beat writer and long-time AP Top 25 voter has Bret Bielema's team pegged at No. 9 in his Top 12 for the upcoming season

One of the best seasons in the history of college football — name one that was better — just ended. So, naturally, I’m going to look ahead to the next.Specifically,

Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) assisted in the arrest of a Louisiana man, who was wanted in several states for writing

Tennessee basketball can make a No. 1 seed case with a win against Mississippi State on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Joe Lunardi.