Levee Keeps Smithland Dry (and Smiling)

Published: March 18, 2011, 4 a.m.

As river flood levels crest and begin to recede this weekend many area residents will offer sighs of relief. Over in Livingston County, at the confluence of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers lies the town of Smithland and nestled in that quiet bend is Smiley's Levee Caf . Its namesake is what's keeping a portion of the town from being submerged by the swollen Ohio and Cumberland Rivers. Chris Taylor calls up the restaurant to see how things are going.