Heather Mattern News Today

Crews are still working to recover two barges after several became loose on the Ohio River after a "navigation incident" set them free early Tuesday.

The locks at McAlpine Locks and Dam reopened roughly 17 hours after barges broke loose from a vessel and became pinned against the dam.

Officials say a salvage team won’t be able to remove barges pinned against an Ohio River dam in a “navigation accident,” one of them carrying about 1,400 tons of the industrial chemical methanol, until the river levels drop. 

McAlpine Locks reopened the evening of March 28, roughly 17 hours after barges broke loose from a vessel and became pinned against the dam.