A barge at the Melvin Price Lock and Dam where a helicopter crashed near Alton, Ill. on the morning of Aug. 7. Two people died Thursday morning in a helicopter crash on the Mississippi River. The ...

Alton, IL (KMOX) - KMOX News is working to confirm reports of a helicopter crashing into a barge on the Mississippi River near the Melvin Price Locks and Dam near Alton.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is replacing nearly century-old miter gates at Lock and Dam 6 on the Mississippi River, part ...

Two Ameren contractors were killed when a helicopter struck power lines, fell onto a barge, and caught fire on the Mississippi River in Missouri.