Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District

State and federal officials in Illinois will use a $95.2 million grant to stabilize levees that protect Metro East communities.The St. Louis Army Corps of…

An 86-mile stretch of levees along the Mississippi River was a source of hand-wringing from Alton to Columbia, Illinois, back in 2007.Now local officials…

The U.S. Senate passed the first legislation authorizing infrastructure upgrades on the nation’s waterways since 2007, including improvements to locks and…

Upgrading the Metro East’s aging levees is finally on Washington’s radar, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Yet they warn that…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding open houses Wednesday and Thursday evenings to discuss federal levee projects in the Metro East.The Corps says…