The state of Mississippi, concerned a bad flood season this spring will hurt its coast and economy, is pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change how it handles high waters on the Mississippi River. Worrisome signs indicate likely flooding in coming months from the Midwest to the southern Mississippi Valley, said National Weather Service hydrologist Mark Fuchs in St. Louis. With the ground soaked, rain or snow has nowhere to go but into streams, creeks and rivers, then head south to the Gulf of Mexico. …