West Virginia officials say someone purposely set a fire that damaged a $13 million health and fitness center under construction in Marion County. Police say the fire was reported early Sept. 5 inside Fairmont General Hospital’s still-unfinished HealthPlex Fitness Center …
A disaster recovery center has opened for Florida residents and business owners in Seminole County who were affected by Tropical Storm Fay. Crews from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Response Team will help staff the center …
A West Tennessee prosecutor will not say whether he intends to press charges in the case of an Oakland police dog whose death may have been faked to collect a $5,000 insurance benefit. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Aug. …
Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early on Sept. 6 at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hanna’s center came on land …
In what has developed into a proactive preparedness pattern, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced another in a series of emergency declarations in the face of oncoming hurricanes and tropical storms — this time in anticipation of Hurricane Ike. As Ike …
A Sedgwick County jury has awarded more than $4 million in damages to a Wichita man who became permanently disabled after doctors failed to diagnose Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Kyle Jim was 11 when he was taken to Via Christi …
Colorado hurricane researchers are forecasting five tropical storms in the Atlantic in September, including four hurricanes, two of them major. Former Colorado State University climatologist William Gray said that would be nearly twice as busy as an average September. Gray …
A man who set fires on the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) campus in 2005 causing millions of dollars in damage has been released from prison, surprising university officials who did not expect his 30-year sentence to be cut to …
The Republican National Committee pledged its support to improve federal natural disaster insurance as part of its platform. The GOP’s support of federal disaster insurance reform follows the Democratic National Committee’s platform call to develop a National Catastrophic Insurance Fund …
The Minneapolis Golf Club says it has reached an $8 million settlement with the family of Abigail Taylor, the 6-year-old girl who was fatally wounded by a swimming pool drain. Taylor died of injuries she suffered last summer when she …