Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has announced that the 31st annual Ohio River Sweep is scheduled for this Saturday.

After five years of debate, a federal watchdog for the Ohio River has finalized pollution control standards for its eight member states, including Indiana.

The LST 325 troop landing ship will be docked at the former site of the Tropicana Evansville casino boat June 6-9.

The Indiana Department of Transportation says the inspection depends on the weather and is scheduled May 20-23 on the Matthew E. Welsh Bridge.

A Ball State University study in collaboration with Virginia Tech says part of that may be due to less agricultural land bordering the river and more forests.

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission had proposed getting rid of its pollution control standards last year, but reversed course after public backlash.

After hearing more than 5,000 public comments urging ORSANCO not to nix its pollution standards, the commission has now come up with a compromise.

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning along Indiana's length of the Ohio River.

The two Ohio River ports at Mount Vernon and Jeffersonville and the Lake Michigan port at Burns Harbor handled 14.8 million tons of cargo last year.

The vessels got stuck on a dam near Louisville on Christmas night when the tugboat moving them crashed into a nearby bridge.