"The canal, whose initial official name was the 'Illinois and Mississippi Canal,' was the western link in a water route from the Upper Mississippi River to the Atlantic Seaboard." According to Jeff ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

"I think our No. 1 priority is water and sewer, particularly where the Illinois River watershed is concerned," Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, said in an interview. Hester, who is president of ...

The state of Illinois has pressed pause on a barrier designed to keep invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes, saying it ...

Mike's, Inc., is a towboat repair facility located at 3891 Canal Road. The business is on the river side of the levee near the intersection of Illinois Routes 3 and 143 in Wood River ...