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The annual Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race on Saturday drew people from all over to the Fox River, including Steve Aydt of Arlington Heights and his 16-year-old daughter Abby. “This is ...
John Ruskey paddles a canoe down the Mississippi River, which he calls a "creative force." (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now) “She's our queen,” he said.
A man was rescued from the Schuylkill River after a canoe he was riding in overturned, according to Philadelphia police ‘He failed in his fiduciary duty’: My brother liquidated our mother’s ...
One of the Quapaw Canoe Company’s popular trips is an excursion to a chain of river islands between Mississippi and Arkansas that formed around the 1829 wreck of the steamboat Montezuma.
Schuylkill River Viaduct in the 3800 block of Falls Road in Fairmount Park, around 5 a.m. Witnesses called 911 to report an overturned canoe and a man yelling for help in the river. Police and ...
Anyone who has tried to launch a kayak from a muddy river bank knows it can be difficult. For Lester Bennett of Munhall, who has lived with a spinal cord injury for more than 30 years, it would be ...
Night - Cloudy. Winds from E to ENE at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 72 °F (22.2 °C). Cloudy with a high of 82 °F (27.8 °C). Winds from ENE to E at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph ...
Few people see the Mississippi River the way John Ruskey does. Ruskey runs Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He and his team of guides lead tours of the river in wooden dugout ...
The National Incident Management Organization announced the Horse River fire was 100% contained as of Sunday. The fire, which spread to 13 acres, had to be fought by firefighters who rappelled ...
A missing man's body was recovered Monday after his boat tipped over while on the Schuylkill River in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Sunday night, officials said. A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania ...