Birds Point Levee

Arts

For farmers, the levee breach 'is history now,' but they struggle with how to 'move on'

Mary Delach Leonard

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 5, 2011 - SIKESTON - Jack Feezor gazed at a white rooftop just visible in the distance -- across…

Government, Politics & Issues

Controversy swirls in the wake of Bootheel levee breach

Rob Koenig

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 5, 2011 - As several feet of muddy floodwaters inundated parts of the Birds Point-New Madrid…

Flooded streets in Cairo, Ill on May 2. The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to open the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway has brought relief to the small town, but more record crests are predicted along the Mississippi River.

Record crests continue along Mississippi River

Rachel Lippmann

Updated with Gov. Nixon's request for a disaster declaration.The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to blast the levee at Birds Point appears to have…

Two years ago today, Sheri Coleman and her two sons were killed in their Columbia, Ill home. Today, jurors deliberate in the trial of her husband Christopher Coleman, who stands accused in their deaths.

Morning headlines: Thursday, May 5, 2011

Maria Altman

On Second Anniversary of Murders, Coleman Jury Deliberates The jurors in the Christopher Coleman triple murder trial will begin a second day of…

McCaskill: farmers' lawsuit against levee blast will be difficult to win

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says that while she sympathizes with southeast Missouri farmers whose land has been swamped by the Birds Point levee…

Health, Science & Environment

Army Corps breaches Birds Point levee, flooding farms to protect towns

Nancy Fowler

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 3, 2011 - Deploying a flood-control tool it had not used in 74 years, the Army Corps of Engineers…

Health, Science & Environment

Mississippi Co. farmers brace for the worst after levee detonation

Nancy Fowler

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 3, 2011 - SIKESTON - The detonation of the Birds Point levee tonight should spell relief for…

A screen grab still frame of a video by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of today's second levee blast near New Madrid, Mo. You can see video, from the ground and the air, of the blast below the story text.

Cairo, Ill. spared with levee blast, but concerns for area farmers remain

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing to blow holes into agricultural levees to relieve rising floodwater on the town of Cairo, Ill. (See video…

Water streams up the side of a vehicle traveling in Cairo, Ill.

Morning headlines: May 3, 2011

Corps Explodes Bird Point Levee to Save Cairo, IllThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has exploded a large section of a Mississippi River levee in a…

An aerial look at the flooding around Cairo, Ill. on April 28, 2011.

Army Corps decides to blow up Missouri levee

Maria Altman

Updated 10:30 p.m. May 2:Around 10:15, the Army Corps of Engineers posted to its Facebook page that the first section of the levee had been…