Dallas, Texas-based Ketchum, Inc., a non-profit consultant in the area of fundraising, recently conducted a survey with over 50 not-for-profit organizations in the Midwest flood zone. The results showed that resources have been hit hard; 83 percent of those surveyed …
A rush-hour accident snarled traffic on Louisiana Highway 21 in Covington, La., for about an hour as rescue workers extricated a woman from a car that flipped after slamming into the back of an SUV. Investigators say 30-year-old Maria Impastato …
At least 130 people gave up positions in various levels of Louisiana state government, just before new financial disclosure rules kicked in July 1. The Secretary of State’s Office in Baton Rouge released the list on June 30 and said …
A Louisiana state senator should be tried alongside the woman he allegedly helped launder money to hide her illegal operation of an insurance business, prosecutors argue in court papers filed June 30, State Sen. Derrick Shepherd, D-Marrero, had asked a …
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has created a new Web-based service with total-loss data for consumers so they can learn if a vehicle has previously been severely wrecked, flooded or stolen. The NICB’s VINCheck (www.NICB.org) allows consumers to check …
With the thought of hamburgers sizzling on the grill for the July 4 holiday, recalled beef is not a welcome message. But the reality is that Nebraska Beef Ltd. is recalling nearly 532,000 pounds of ground beef produced in the …
Fifteen years ago, after the Midwest was swamped with what was pronounced a “100-year” or even a “500-year” flood, some folks figured they would never again see such a disaster in their lifetime. Some even dropped their flood insurance. Big …
Several additional West Virginia counties have been added to a federal disaster declaration issued in response to storms that hit the state over a five-day period the first week of June. Gov. Joe Manchin’s request for the additional counties was …
A coal miner killed last month by falling debris at an eastern Pennsylvania anthracite mine was working in an unprotected area, an investigation by state and federal mine-safety officials revealed. Investigators could not immediately say why Robert Carey, an assistant …
Federal regulators are proposing $119,400 in workplace safety fines against a Beaver County manufacturing firm where a worker died in a crane accident. The worker, 53-year-old William Mike, was killed Dec. 27 when a six-ton stainless steel cylinder dropped onto …