Gov. Bill Haslam says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has designated 15 counties a natural disaster for agriculture as a result of storms and flooding in April and May. Counties designated as primary natural disaster areas include Dyer, Giles, …
A Maine man is going to get $725,000 as part of a police brutality settlement that was reached as the case was set to go to trial in federal court. Ronald Eaton of Deer Isle had sued several Hancock County …
Persuasive writing skills coupled with a well-rounded investigation and evaluation of the claim are the basic tenets in preparing a convincing property arbitration case, according to attorney Jonathan Barger, an associate in SmithAmundsen’s Insurance Services Group. During a session at …
Giant retailer Wal-Mart Inc, telecommunications company AT&T Inc and coal power companies came out the big winners in the Supreme Court’s just-ended term that rejected large lawsuits against them. The high court threw out the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in U.S. …
Lowndes County is hoping to install 10-15 new storm sirens in a project that is expected to cost between $250,000 and $300,000. The county currently has 25 tornado sirens. The city of Columbus has another five. Cindy Lawrence, director of …
Arlene, the first tropical storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, churned through the southwestern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday but looked set to spare Mexico’s oilfields from a direct hit. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per …
The owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men died in a blast last year kept two sets of safety records, one that it concealed from federal safety officials, National Public Radio reported Wednesday. The government-subsidized radio network …
A Louisville man has filed suit against five police officers alleging that they attacked him without provocation. Shawn Gellhaus claims in the lawsuit that police repeatedly slammed him to the ground last June, then punched, kicked and choked him before …
A prosecutor is seeking criminal complaints against acting Holyoke fire chief William Moran for making a “fictitious” call to his own department. Hampden District Attorney Mark Mastroianni said Moran told a dispatcher on June 15 to send a fire truck …
Heavy rains have forced Purdue to replace the floor at Mackey Arena. Purdue spokesman Tom Schott said storms the nights of May 25 and 26 allowed water into an area where construction already was taking place and wound up damaging …