Topic: Ohio River
An Indiana Senate committee is considering legislation that would allow casinos on Lake Michigan and the Ohio River to relocate inland. Proponents of the bill told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday that moving the casinos on to land could improve their business and help ...
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has announced the sale of $100 million in bonds for a long-sought project to build two new Ohio River bridges linking the Louisville area with southern Indiana. Beshear said Friday that the bonds will enable people to see real progress on the ...
The Ohio River Basin is getting its own interest group in Congress. West Virginia Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito and Ohio Democratic Rep. Steve Driehaus announced Monday that the two were forming the Ohio River Congressional Caucus. Both representatives say the caucus was formed to address a ...
Army Corps of Engineers officials say a gate failure at the Markland Locks and Dam is slowing Ohio River traffic. Corps spokesman Todd Hornback says a 250-ton gate segment fell into the water Sunday morning. The failure forced the shutdown of the locks that span the ...
