State Farm plans to close two dozen field offices in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan where 1,300 people work to save $8 million over the next five years. The Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington reports the insurance company said Monday some of …
Criminal charges were filed recently against two Pennsylvania businessmen accused of violating workers’ compensation laws, the Department of Labor & Industry reported. According to the criminal complaint, Douglas Pifer, of Bradford, sole proprietor of Douglas Pifer Trucking Company, operated his …
The Seattle Fire Department says a woman has been safely rescued after her car crashed through Sheetrock in a hospital parking garage and plunged 10 feet down an elevator shaft. The driver was alone in her car on the third …
State Farm reportedly paid more than $90 million as a result of the nearly 3,500 dog bite claims in 2010. The list of the top 10 states for dog bite claims in 2010 processed by State Farm is as follows: …
The Mississippi rose toward the highest level ever in the river city, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods and forcing more than 1,000 people from their homes, though the water was not threatening the music heartland’s most recognizable landmarks, from Graceland …
A small plane has crashed near the northeastern Arkansas town of Bono but the lone person on board apparently is uninjured. A dispatcher for Bono police says the crop duster went down Monday morning near a local airstrip and that …
A Phoenix man has sued the Philadelphia archdiocese over the actions of a priest named as an alleged serial abuser in a 2005 grand jury report. The lawsuit filed Monday involves former priest Robert L. Brennan. The explosive 2005 grand …
The Army Corps of Engineers on May 9 partially opened a spillway that diverts the swollen Mississippi River’s rising water into a lake to ease pressure on the levee system in greater New Orleans. Several hundred curiosity-seekers watched from the …
Water levels on Lake Champlain remained above flood levels Sunday as high waters continued to damage homes and roadways in Vermont. The water level at 10 a.m. was 103.1 feet above sea level in Burlington, according to the National Weather …
It was free, custom-fitted bike helmets for all Gilson Brown Elementary School students in the house Wednesday, compliments of a pediatrician’s organization and a local hospital. “I love them; they are comfortable. It was wonderful they brought them to the …