Officials in Gainesville have a message for residents and visitors. Please stop stealing stop signs. Since Jan. 1, the city has replaced 52 stops signs taken from 14 locations around the city. Officials say one location has been hit four …
A lawsuit filed against a popular South Beach hotel and a former police officer is seeking damages for a woman seriously injured in a drunken all-terrain vehicle crash. The lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of 29-year-old Kitzie Nicanor names the …
New Jersey law enforcement officials have charged 11 people in what prosecutors say was a scheme to recruit accident victims as patients for chiropractors who then falsely billed insurance companies. Among those arrested are three chiropractors: 51-year-old Scott Greenberg of …
Smoke and ash coming from a wildfire burning in a wilderness area in northwest Wyoming could continue in the Big Horn Basin until snow begins falling again. Fire officials are mostly letting the fire in the Washakie Wilderness burn on …
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says four people – including two children -were killed and a fifth person critically injured when the horse-drawn carriage they were riding in was hit by a tractor-trailer rig in southeast Oklahoma. Troopers say 38-year-old Paul …
A Houston producer of fresh-cut fruit products has ordered a recall because of fear that the imported Mexican papaya contained in the products could be contaminated with salmonella. GHSW LLC obtained the papaya from Agromod Produce Inc. of McAllen. The …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a disaster declaration for 74 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Gov. Mary Fallin said the secretarial disaster declaration was issued on Wednesday in response to her June 10 request to help farmers hit by …
Communication throughout the claims process is crucial to providing a satisfying claims experience, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Property Claims Satisfaction Study released today. The study finds claimants are considerably more satisfied when key communication practices are …
The number of traffic fatalities on Alaska highways is up from last year. The Department of Public Safety said that as of Monday, there had been 40 fatalities, nearly a dozen more than at the same time each in 2009 …
This year’s increased number of weather-related catastrophes could lead to a reduction in available experienced catastrophe adjusters should additional disasters occur, and produce increased litigation against adjusters, according to a recent panel discussion on the subject organized by A.M. Best. …