The Memphis Engineer District held a groundbreaking ceremony in Caruthersville, Mo., April 3 to celebrate a federally funded project to replace the Caruthersville Mississippi River floodwall. The estimated contract award… Read More
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Circular SynTech LLC, a company specializing in transforming solid waste into chemicals for manufacturing, announced February 18 it is expanding to New Madrid, Mo. The company will invest $91.4 million… Read More
Sal Litrico, CEO of American Patriot Container Transport LLC (APCT), made a long-awaited announcement December 17 at a press event in Herculaneum, Mo. Litrico, whose company is developing the patented… Read More
A group of farmer-funded and farmer-led organizations—including the United Soybean Board, the Soy Transportation Coalition, the Illinois Soybean Association, the Iowa Soybean Association, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, the Minnesota… Read More
Culver-Stockton College is a small liberal arts college of about 1,000 students, located on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River. Founded in 1853 and affiliated with the Disciples of Christ,… Read More
Capt. Robert Earl “Bobby” Powell, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died August 6 of heart failure. He had a long and distinguished river career, starting with working on his grandfather… Read More
Fifty years ago this month, in 1971, Bob Miller inserted a key into the lock on the door of his one-man office in Clayton, Mo., a subdivision of St. Louis,… Read More
The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois at downtown St. Louis reached a milestone September 17, with the first of three new trusses… Read More
Raised on a farm in Boonville, Mo., a strategic point for the Santa Fe Trail in the 1820s because of its location on the Missouri River, Danny Pethan grew to… Read More
A 15-minute trip across the Mississippi River on the Dorena-Hickman Ferry is also in many ways a trip back in time. The ferry at Mississippi River Mile 922.0 has hauled… Read More
