Lower Ohio River reopens after barge collision
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The lower Ohio River has reopened to barge traffic after being shut for more than 12 hours due to a tow boat hitting a lock and a barge leaking a petrochemical into the waterway, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday.
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By MARK WILSON, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7417 or wilsonm@courierpress.com  Living Lands & Waters, a nonprofit group dedicated to restoring and beautifying riverbanks, is making a return visit to Evansville.
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The memorial fountain to the late Princess Diana reopens to the public today almost a month after it was shut when three people were hurt paddling.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 7--Workers on Tuesday towed to safety a piece of motorized track equipment that dangled from a bridge over the Columbia River.
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer, The Associated Press. The spill _ the worst on the river in nearly a decade _ stranded commercial vessels trying to move goods through the busy Port of Philadelphia
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Great Lakes water levels have rebounded  from near record lows thanks to a months of heavy rain,  providing a boon to boat owners, swimmers and fish, scientists  said on Friday.
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Days after violent storms forced cleanup crews to leave a freighter that split apart, a salvage team returned Thursday to find the bow section had sunk, likely spilling another 176,000 gallons of oil near an environmentally sensitive area of Unalaska Island.
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By Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 26--MILLERSPORT, Ohio -- There's the landlubber's way of learning the history of the Buckeye Lake region: Just stop at the local museum along Rt. 79 to check out the exhibits.   And soon, there will be a seafarer's way, too.
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Traffic on a 42-mile stretch of the Ohio River was restricted Tuesday because gates used to control the water level were jammed in the open position by wrecked barges.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 16--BROOKPORT, Ill. -- Barge traffic is temporarily unsnarled at Locks and Dam 52, thanks to rain and a little man-made hydraulic help.   Rainfall on Monday and Tuesday deepened the channel, assisted by the U.S.
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By Daily Mail photo by Craig Cunningham  Emergency officials from throughout the Kanawha Valley set up a drill on the Kanawha River in downtown Charleston today to practice cleanup techniques for gasoline spills. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Marathon Petroleum Co.
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FINDLAY, Ohio, Aug. 23 -- Water from the worst flood in nearly a century in this northwest Ohio city began receding Thursday, as it did elsewhere in the Midwest, allowing some of the evacuees of more than 1,000 homes to get a look at the soaked photo albums, boxes of clothes and furniture in their...
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Rescue efforts to find three missing sailors feared drowned in the River Clyde have resumed today after thick fog suspended the search last night
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VICKSBURG, Miss. - A barge carrying crude oil erupted into flames and drifted about 12 miles down the Mississippi River Thursday night after striking a railroad bridge.  A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said there were no injuries and no reports of crewmen in the water after the 9 p.m.
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The lower Ohio River was closed to traffic near Brookport, Illinois, on Wednesday after a tow boat hit a lock and a barge leaked a petrochemical into the waterway, said the U.S. Coast Guard.
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By Yomi S. Wronge, MEDIA NEWS  The state's second-longest river will be brought back to life after 60 years of being drained dry for Central Valley agriculture, under a settlement filed Wednesday in federal court.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The airport in Fort Wayne has reopened, hours after passenger service was halted when a mysterious liquid spilled from an unclaimed bag being unloaded early Wednesday morning.