The calendar has turned again on Mississippi, which became a state in 1817. Its 207th anniversary was recently acknowledged online by the Census Bureau.

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Five people have been rescued from the Mississippi River after a tugboat collided with a ship near the Hale Boggs Bridge in ...

Mississippians have many reasons for optimism as we look to the new year. The successes of 2024 are certainly proof that our ...

The crash occurred near the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge when a tanker ship, traveling upriver, struck the tugboat, causing it ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The site of the new Mississippi River Bridge won’t be selected until mid-2025, according to state transportation officials. The Capital Area Road and Bridge ...

FILE - Two people canoe under the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in the Mississippi River in Luling, La., July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) LULING, La. (AP) — The crew of a tugboat was ...

The collision between the two ships, which took place on Sunday around 7 p.m., sank the tugboat, the Patrick J. Studdert, and ...

The location of a long awaited new Mississippi River bridge aimed at easing traffic congestion won’t be clear until the third quarter of 2025 — late summer or early fall of 2025 — state ...

“Being suspended 300 feet above the Mississippi River on a bridge that’s constantly vibrating from all the traffic passing below is not for the faint of heart.” The two bridges were built 30 ...

Tugboat Sinks in the Mississippi River After Collision With Tanker Ship ... between the ship and tugboat near the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in Luling, Louisiana, on Sunday night.