Ameren Missouri continues its fight to recover more than $30 million from one of its insurers five years after a section of the utility’s Taum Sauk reservoir collapsed and sent more than a billion gallons of water raging through Johnson’s …
Before he left office, former Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry made two appointments to leadership positions with the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court. Judge Michael J. Harkey was named presiding judge of the court, effective Jan. 1, 2011. He succeeds Judge Kent …
Police say someone stole 19 catalytic converters from a car dealership in northern New Jersey. The thefts happened between 9:30 p.m. Thursday at 9 a.m. Friday at the Hyundai dealership on Route 23 in Wayne. Police Capt. James Clarke tells …
Fire destroyed a restaurant in historic downtown Waxahachie and left several other buildings damaged. No injuries were reported in the blaze early at the 1879 Chisholm Grill. Fire Chief David Hudgins says the roof and second floor collapsed, allowing the …
Authorities say a New Bedford, Massachusetts woman has died in a fire in her apartment when her oxygen tank ignited. Fire Chief Brian Faria tells The Standard Times that the woman reported the fire herself at about 2:30 a.m. on …
A Central Valley, Calif., woman has been arrested on 33 felony counts of insurance fraud including fiduciary theft, embezzlement and grand theft for bilking unsuspecting policyholders, some of them seniors, out of their premiums, the California Department of Insurance announced. …
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will set up its first office outside the United States in China in a bid to reduce the amount of dangerous products reaching the American market. Commission head Inez Tenenbaum told reporters the “history-making” …
Henrietta Brice, 53, and her daughter Larrisa Coleen Brice, 24, both from Stockton, Calif., have been arrested for insurance fraud, the California Department of Insurance announced. Henrietta was booked on four felony counts including two counts of insurance fraud, one …
Officials say nearly 2,000 pigs died in a fire near Melvin in northwest Iowa. Melvin Fire Chief Steve Heitritter told Sioux City television station KTIV that fire crews were called to the hog confinement operation at 6:30 a.m. on Jan. …
A newspaper reports that 25 percent of the driver license suspensions in Ohio are the result of offenses that are not related to operating a motor vehicle. The Dayton Daily News reported that 39 percent of the 9.9 million license …