How about where it is the widest? Take a look at these facts and make yourself a river expert in no time. The Mississippi begins at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca. Visitors there can see the headwaters ...

The "Mighty" Mississippi River is a true giant of American waterways, but if you're wondering exactly how long it is, don't expect one single, definitive answer.

POINTE COUPEE, La. (WAFB) - Officials are still working to determine the cause of death for a man who was found dead in the Mississippi River nearly two weeks after his truck was found submerged.

Itasca State Park is a Minnesota state park that is home to Lake Itasca and the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It was established in 1891 and is the state’s first state park. The Itasca ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Mississippi River at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to activate Phase I flood fight procedures ...