It may take until next year to repair sidewalks damaged in Quincy during a severe storm in June. Jeff Steinkamp is the interim director of Central Services in Quincy. He tells The Quincy Herald-Whig that depending on the availability of …
A historical society on the North Dakota State Fairgrounds has sustained at least $2.5 million in damage from this year’s Minot flooding. Site Director Rev. David Jones tells the Minot Daily News that historical documents dating back Ward County’s first …
A Spanish official says a 74-year-old man has died after being gored in the neck by a young bull during a small-town summer festival. Isabel Munoz, spokeswoman for the northern regional government of Navarra, said the man was charged and …
Police investigating phone hacking and police bribery at defunct British tabloid News of the World on Tuesday arrested a man, believed to be a former executive at the newspaper. The Metropolitan Police said a 71-year-old man had been arrested by …
In the settlement of lawsuits involving insured claims, it is not uncommon that one condition of the settlement is that the defendant assign his or her claims under all applicable insurance policies to the party that filed suit. Indeed, it …
Parents will be able to track the travels of their teenage drivers under a system being tested by General Motors’ OnStar system. The system, called “Family Link,” lets the owners of cars and trucks equipped with OnStar log onto a …
Authorities in Rome hope to install tornado sirens at five parks in the northwest Georgia city. The Floyd County Emergency Management Agency is applying for a $135,000 grant which would pay for the warning systems. The Rome News-Tribune reports that …
A 27-year-old man who died when he fell from a stairway during a Colorado Rockies game had marijuana and alcohol in his system at the time. An autopsy report released Monday says the amount of alcohol in Robert Seamans’ system …
The Public Safety Department says deaths on South Carolina highways are up slightly in the first seven months of 2011. Authorities said Monday that 462 people have died on the state’s roads through July 31. In 2010, troopers reported 447 …
Two Ohio men honored as heroes for their actions after a 2009 car crash are now suing the woman they rescued from a burning vehicle. The Columbus Dispatch reports the suit filed in central Ohio’s Marion County by David Kelly …