The spill of light crude into the river backed up at least 21 tugboats, barges and other vessels on the normally bustling corridor, Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Ryan Gomez said. He told The Associated ...

WEBBERS FALLS -- A barge struck the Interstate 40 bridge over the Arkansas River early Sunday, causing a 600-foot section of the span to collapse into the river. As many as 20 people may have died in ...

A barge laden with 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., over the weekend, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for miles each way, ...