The Texas General Land Office plans to expand its rebuilding role following Hurricanes Dolly and Ike. Disaster recovery efforts affect more than 11 million Texans — or about 45 percent — in 62 counties. The Land Office is now the …
An annual safety inspection of the New Ulm inn that caught fire, killing six people, had not been conducted because the owner said the building would not be housing guests, according to a local fire marshal. Additionally, city records show …
Cape Girardeau investigators are still trying to resolve 18 arson investigations for fires that have occurred since 2008. The Southeast Missourian reports that nine arsons from 2008 remain unsolved, along with five from 2009, three in 2010 and one this …
An Ohio appeals court has ruled in favor of former Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley, saying the team can’t force NFL arbitration to halt a lawsuit on the career-ending staph infection he says he contracted at the team’s training facility. …
A variety of changes to Florida’s workers’ compensation law went into effect July 1. Gov. Rick Scott signed into law CS/HB 1087, a catch-all insurance bill that includes changes relating to workers’ compensation policy cancellations, premium audits and prepaid benefit …
A federal appeals court has agreed that Continental Insurance Co. did not have a duty to defend asbestos injury claims against the automotive supplier Federal–Mogul Corp. as its umbrella carrier because the primary coverage provided by three other insurers had …
When police reached a Knox County hit and run suspect, they found he had already been run down, scuffled with and pepper sprayed by a witness. Police responded to a report of a non-injury hit and run crash just after …
Police in Las Vegas say they’ve made a dent in a pilfered metals probe with the arrest of a 55-year-old man who is accused of receiving stolen property and faces other felony charges. Records show that Larry Chappel is due …
A worker has died from injuries he received in a flash fire at a Nashville metals plant over the weekend. The Metro Nashville Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the death of 28-year-old Shawn Allen Austin of Nashville, according to The …
Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for wildfire disaster declarations for Cochise and Apache counties. Letters Brewer sent Wednesday ask the SBA to help residents and businesses harmed because of the Wallow and Monument fires. An …