MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WSIL)-- The Big Muddy River is set to crest in Murphysboro later this week. Officials are working to prepare for the additional flooding. They say homeowners should do the same.

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WSIL) -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency granted a permit for a local mine that would allow it to dump its discharge waters into the Big Muddy River, according to a ...

ST. LOUIS — Big Muddy Adventures, a St. Louis-based canoe and kayak outfitter and river tour business, plans to open its first retail store next month in the Central West End. The store will open Sept ...

According to the National Water Prediction Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the river is supposed to crest around 1 a.m. on Thursday, April 9 at 37 feet. On Tuesday, ...

The folks at Big Muddy Adventures are bringing back their downtown microadventures in September 2025. To any St. Louisan who’s curious about big-river paddling but doesn’t know how/where to start, a ...

The Big Muddy Monster is, in a word, elusive. Yet, the creature will be the center of attention at a number of Jackson County events this weekend, including a first-of-its kind festival in his – or ...

Every St. Louis kid has heard the warnings: Don’t go near the Mississippi River! The river is for barges, not boats! Standing on the Chain of Rocks Bridge on a recent afternoon, I can understand the ...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - The threat for flooding may impact many of us here in the Heartland for the next few days. We issued a First Alert Action Day due the threat of flash flooding and possible ...

MURPHYSBORO — Legend has it, more than a half-century ago, a series of sightings of what would be known as the Big Muddy Monster occurred in Murphysboro. It is still unknown today what exactly it was ...

A friend of mine was a new homeowner many years ago when Halloween sneaked up on him. When costumed kids arrived on his front stoop he was wholly unprepared, and “didn’t even have a can of pop to give ...

On the heights of the Continental Divide the first snow is falling. Soon the snow packs will form, and a thousand rivulets, streaming down to the outstretched finger rivers of the Missouri, will ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The retail operation is meant to complement the canoe and ...