His story is one of many about this town founded in 1887 as a major coal and water stop on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It got its name from the nearby Blackwater River. The town grew into a ...

Capt. Ken Ponsell opened Blackwater Bay Tours in Milton with the thought of showing folks around the magnificent river basin and educating them about the rich history of a city that developed in ...

A 300-foot, T-shaped floating dock is being built at a location close to where iconic Pond Creek meets the historically significant Blackwater River on the north side of the park. The dock will ...

The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for the Lamine River in Cooper County, Missouri, the Blackwater River in Cooper, Saline, Pettis, and Johnson Counties in Missouri ...

Gliding near a bank of the Blackwater River in Milton's Carpenter's Park early Tuesday, state biologists used a boom with jellyfish-like tentacles to electrify the surrounding water and zap fish ...