HANNIBAL, Mo. -- The Mississippi River has been receding in Hannibal, where the levee held and the town was protected. The river topped at one foot shy of the record flooding in 1993.

ST. LOUIS -- Flood watchers in several Missouri towns are checking levees, gathering sandbags and keeping close tabs on weather forecasts as the already high Mississippi River verges on ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — On the second stop in America's Hometown, the river cruise ship Viking Mississippi extended an invitation to show the amenities and accommodations of the new vessel.

HANNIBAL, Mo. — The recently-completed Viking Mississippi made a stop in Hannibal for fuel and water on its first non-passenger run up the Mississippi River. The cruise line has added Hannibal ...

O'FALLON, Mo. — The nation's two largest rivers top a new listing of the most endangered waterways, according to a report released Tuesday. The Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization ...

In Hannibal, Mo., where people have been recording river heights since Mark Twain’s time, four of the top 10 crests have come in the past decade. In Brainerd, Minn., it’s five of the top 10.

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Bear Creek runs into the Mississippi near downtown Hannibal, Missouri. The city's historic downtown draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, but its population has slowly declined ...

A look at Hannibal, Mo., and the Mississippi River from atop Lover's Leap just south of town. Several bluffs along the river have the same name and lore about their name. This one is well marked ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities have identified the man's body found over the weekend in the Mississippi River south of Hannibal. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports the man was 35-year-old Jason ...

Consider West Alton, Missouri, on a bend of the Mississippi near its meeting with the Missouri River. It had 3,900 people in 1970, Mayor Willie Richter said. That number nosedived to about 570 ...