Grand Tower News

While John Alexander remains the most renowned and famous Logan name in Murphysboro, other members of the Logan clan, including Sarah "Sallie" Oliver Logan, had a significant and lasting impact on the ...

Police in Jackson County are looking for a man they say fought with another man and left behind a path of destruction.

Authorities are looking for a 51-year-old Grand Tower man after he allegedly rammed two vehicles and a fire hydrant, causing some residents to be without water Thursday night.

Emergency crews closed Route 3 near Grand Tower for 12 hours Sunday because of a fire at a railroad tie storage yard.

Floodwaters are devastating the 4th of July turnout at the Devil's Backbone P Campground in Grand Tower, Illinois.

The passengers, all from Cape Girardeau , and their injuries were not life threatening.

On March 4, three Midwestern University professors wrote to warn the Army Corps of Engineers that its concrete navigation structures in the Mississippi River were intensifying floods, and that its plans to ...

Want a good view of the flooding on the Mississippi River, but without getting your feet wet? The Peewah Trail at Trail of Tears State Park offers a bird's eye view of the river.

As the flood water rises, the number of people along the Mississippi river continues to drop.

It was early evening in Grand Tower, Ill., and Josh Franklin, 23, was standing outside his aunt's double-wide trailer.

As of Wednesday morning, the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau was at nearly 39 feet.

Recently I posted a Top Ten list of places I'd like to see developed into state parks or conservation areas.

“So we have to think, which is it?”

GRAND TOWER, Ill. - Fearful that spring rains might push the Mississippi River over its banks, residents of this small town southwest of Carbondale have bigger worries than the shaking that woke them Friday ... via Chicago Tribune

“This was the eighth flood of record for Rend Lake.”

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com BENTON - Rend Lake experienced estimated damages of $1.5 million in the recent flooding, and state and Corps of Engineers officials are hoping to receive money from ... via Mt. Vernon Register-News

Font Shannon Brackett and her husband Phil moved back into their trailer at Reed Station Mobile Home Park in Carbondale on Saturday and began the process of waiting for the insurance adjusters, for both cars ... via Associated Content

“We know more than what to expect”

Sitting in a lawn chair on dry land watching floodwaters consume his home a stone's throw away, Dennis Dodson realizes some folks may think it's irrational to live at the confluence of two rivers.

'We're kind of a nautical family and like this lifestyle,' he said, looking toward his house that was submerged almost past the garage level. 'There are no victims in this. We know the chance we take, and it's worth it to live here.'

As the swollen Meramec River wrought devastation this weekend on community after community southwest of St. Louis, Dodson and his neighbors camped out on the shoreline of what became an island. Read more

“I haven't even lifted my computer off the floor in the office”

As floodwaters pushed against the Valley Park levee, Tracy Ziegler pushed a cold beer toward one of his customers at Meramec Jack's bar and grill. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“It's a 100-year event, and it's a 100-year levee”

Some people in the Midwest are breathing a sigh of relief, but others are still concerned about rising flood waters brought on by days of heavy rain. via WPTZ

Flooding still threatens southwestern Illinois. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency says some rivers may not crest until Monday. via WPSD-TV Paducah

Governor Rod Blagojevich urges pople living in the low-lying areas between the Big Muddy River and Grand Tower to voluntarily evacuate their homes. via KFVS12