July 1, 2009
The Maryland Fire Marshal’s office says a blaze that destroyed a vacant Eastern Shore lumber yard was deliberately set. The fire, which was reported about 4:45 a.m. Saturday, destroyed a large two-story building that once housed the Church Hill Lumber …
July 1, 2009
A man, his son and a co-worker hired to clean a putrid dry well at a waste transfer station died Monday when the son fell into a space filled with toxic fumes and the other two went to help him, …
July 1, 2009
Police agencies across Delaware are stepping up drunken driving enforcement. The Office of Highway Safety launches its annual Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign with six DUI checkpoints over the Fourth of July weekend. Over the next six months officials plan 92 more …
July 1, 2009
Florida drivers shouldn’t expect state troopers to let them off with just a warning if they are caught driving with their seat belt unbuckled now that a a new law has gone into effect. The Florida Highway Patrol plans to …
July 1, 2009
After years of Dunloup Creek in West Virginia’s Fayette County constantly flooding, officials think they’ve found a solution: abandon the region. The federal Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Dunloup Creek Watershed Association have devised a plan to offer voluntary …
July 1, 2009
Four jurors wrote affidavits claiming they felt coerced by the court to rule against a doctor who lost a $6.12 million medical malpractice case, a The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. The affidavits came in the case of Dr. Michael …