LOUISVILLE (FOX19)  – The Coast Guard, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Agency and the Louisville Metro Police Department will partner in an intensified nationwide effort to detect intoxicated boaters and enforce Boating Under the Influence laws on the Ohio River from Friday through Sunday.

Coordinated by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, Operation Dry Water will include increased patrols from Evansville, Ind., to Cincinnati, Ohio, in order to reduce the number of alcohol and drug related accidents and fatalities on the Ohio River.

Virtually all navigable waters in this stretch of the Ohio River are in Kentucky.

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FORT MITCHELL, KY (FOX19) - If you enjoyed waiting in traffic on I-75 near the Brent Spence Bridge recently, you'll really love it this weekend.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says its resurfacing of North 75 in the Cut in the Hill will reduce the highway to one lane.  As they have been saying, "expect long delays".

Here's the latest from the KYTC:


June 14, 2011 - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 would like the public to be aware of the following conditions and/or operations that are being reported for the Revive the Drive – NKY interstate projects.  Changes and/or additions from last report are underlined.

CINCINNATI – Bus riders can now plan Cincinnati Metro trips using Google Maps, the most popular online mapping website in the world. The service, available free at www.google.com/transit, provides riders with customized routes to their destination online and on mobile devices.

Metro re-numbered and re-named five routes to work better with the Google Transit trip planner, effective with the May 29 summer service change.

“We are very excited to be a part of Google Transit,” said Metro’s CEO Terry Garcia Crews.