A San Francisco woman and her company pleaded guilty this week to federal charges they failed to tell state environmental regulators about asbestos in the Mississippi Queen steamboat before a now ...

Memories are all that's left now of the Mississippi Queen, the once spectacular paddlewheel steamboat that recently met a quiet demise after languishing in a local berth since 2006. That was the Perry ...

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2025. There are 147 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On August 6, 1945, during World War II, the U.S.

PHOTO: The Queen of the Mississippi will be renamed before it moves to the Pacific Northwest. (Courtesy of American Cruise Lines) American Cruise Lines is moving the Queen of the Mississippi ...

The churning red paddlewheel propels the pearl-white steamboat along the Mississippi River, like a slow-moving time machine through a slice of Americana that harks back to Mark Twain and the history, ...

NEW ORLEANS — American Cruise Lines’ Queen of the Mississippi departed from here Saturday on its first cruise, and as the first new paddlewheeler to sail the Mississippi in 17 years. On Friday, with ...

A pair of the state's best-known barbecuers will go head to head in a cutthroat TV cook-off to win the Mississippi Queen of Barbecue crown on "Smoked." Delta meets Gulf Coast on the barbecue ...

American Queen Steamboat Company, the four-year-old cruise line that offers sailings on the Mississippi, Columbia and Snake rivers, among other waterways, is introducing new itineraries and theme ...

Fans of river cruising have a new option for exploring the Mississippi River.The Queen of the Mississippi, a new paddlewheel riverboat operated by American Cruise Lines and built specifically for the ...