Cache River News Today

A teacher uncovers history with “Pulling Off the Sheets: The Second Ku Klux Klan in Deep Southern Illinois.”

Groundwater levels in Arkansas two most important aquifers -- the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer for agriculture and the Sparta-Memphis aquifer for drinking and industrial uses -- are showing short-term decline and longer-term positive trends, but withdrawal rates remain unsustainable.

Groundwater levels in Arkansas two most important aquifers -- the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer for agriculture and the Sparta-Memphis aquifer for drinking and industrial uses -- are showing short-term decline and longer-term positive trends, but withdrawal rates remain unsustainable.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has drafted a plan to save the Missouri Distinct Population Segment of the eastern hellbender.

Mother Nature is putting together quite a show for all to see on April 8. It’s going to be the last total solar eclipse that we will see for the next 20 years and Illinois has some of the best seats to offer.

At the urging of Arkansas agricultural interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a project in the 1970s to dredge and straighten several miles of the Cache River to reduce flooding. In essence, the plan was to turn the river into a drainage ditch.

Ryan McGeeney

The flooding caused by a levee failure near Pitts is receding after debris was removed from various areas, officials said Tuesday.

Poinsett County Emergency Management said two different levees breached along the Cache River near Pitts, Arkansas.

The National Weather Service also has the county under a Flash Flood Warning until 9 a.m. Tuesday.