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Lewisport’s Bob Gregory, a riverman; harvesting mussels
Special Feature By Donn Wimmer I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Gregory and son, Jim Gregory, for a feature story for the Clarion in 1990. They are both gone now but to anyone that remembers these two men, they will say they were well known in Hancock County and very much liked. Bob…
Read MoreLow water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time _ as crop harvests begin. Some Mississippi River communities between St. Louis and New Orleans may see record low water levels in the coming days, including Caruthersville, Missouri, and Osceola, Arkansas. The…
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