OHIO RIVER REOPENED AFTER CLOSING FOR SPILL

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Saturday, May 8, 1999

PADUCAH, Ky. -- A two-mile stretch of the Ohio River, from mile marker 917.5 to 919.5, was closed Thursday after a leaking tank barge spilled hundreds of gallons of gasoline into the water.

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