The state fire marshal has ruled that a barn fire that killed eight horses in eastern Ohio was arson. Fire marshal’s spokesman Shane Cartmill says seven adult horses and a foal died in the Sunday night fire in McConnelsville in …
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has lost communications with the outside world because copper thieves cut its phone and data lines. Department spokesman Buddy Davidson tells the Charleston Daily Mail that services are expected to be restored by Wednesday …
Three-quarters of the escalators in Massachusetts shopping malls have not been inspected annually in the past three years as required by law. A Boston Globe review of state Public Safety Department inspection records found that from 2008 to 2010, only …
Wegmans Food Markets has agreed to settle the trademark infringement lawsuit Walgreens filed against the supermarket chain over its use of a logo similar to the one used by the drug store company. Rochester-based Wegmans will stop using the “circle …
Toyota’s car production in Japan plummeted a staggering 62.7 percent in March due to a parts supply crunch following the earthquake and tsunami. Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s top-selling automaker last year, said Monday its domestic production in March was …
Four families in Yoder are building a sand bunker and stockpiling ammunition and weapons. A Black Forest resident has erected a geodesic dome on her 5-acre spread to grow vegetables, keeps horses for emergency transportation, in case she can’t get …
Many Mississippians spent Easter Sunday reflecting on a tornado that killed 10 people in Mississippi a year ago. Dale Thrasher was the only person in Hillcrest Baptist Church in Yazoo City when a tornado ripped it apart. He has spent …
State police say two boys, ages 12 and 9, drove a large excavator at a southwestern Pennsylvania strip mine, smashing a bulldozer in the process. Police say the 12-year-old will be charged with felony criminal mischief in Greene County Juvenile …
The family of a construction worker who died trapped in a cage inside a burning smokestack and two other workers who were trapped on top for hours have settled their lawsuit against American Electric Power and several other companies for …
Gov. Tom Corbett is signing his first bill as governor. The Republican plans Monday afternoon to sign a bill repealing a requirement that fire sprinkler systems be installed in all new one- and two-family homes. The legislation was approved earlier …