Sit Still at Your Desk? Not Always

Years ago, a student who misbehaved could have been sent to the back corner of the room and told to stand, back to the class, for a period of time, presumably to consider the consequences of his or her actions. The punishment was for not sitting still in class. The two key words in that [...]

Barge Traffic Resumes on Mississippi River

Crews began cautiously moving barges and small ships down the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, after Coast Guard officials reopened the river there, three days after closing it because three barges sunk in the flood-swollen water. Tributaries, most notably the Yazoo in Mississippi, were nearing flood stage as well. The traffic moved only north, meaning [...]

Army Engineers Still Blasting Levee to Stave Off Historic Flooding

It’s not often that the government blows up private and public property, but that’s exactly what’s happening along the Mississippi River in a couple of states, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has blasted through a two-mile section of a levee to try to ease flooding in Ilinois and Kentucky. Government engineers have blasted [...]

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