Orono housing officials have closed a University of Maine fraternity after finding violations including an inoperable fire alarm system, a furnace that hadn’t been serviced and trash and clutter problems. The 22 students who had lived in the Pi Kappa …
Road work in Michigan has become more about quick fixes than long-term repairs as the state balances the scope of construction projects with the dwindling funds necessary to carry them out. Beginning Oct. 1 and stretching into the 2015 fiscal …
The Wisconsin State Fair will continue the midway amusement area next year after violence on the opening night of the fair this year marred the event. Board chairman John Yingling said in a statement that they plan to offer the …
An arrest on Friday marked the 14th methamphetamine lab broken up in the last three months by Liberty County law-enforcers. The Houston Chronicle reports that meth labs in the southeastern Texas county have become a serious problem, and operators of …
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against two people accused of workers compensation fraud. Attorney General Scott Pruitt says charges were filed Thursday against 50-year-old Raul Orozco of Perry and 49-year-old Zeina Khatib of Tulsa. Orozco faces counts …
The special legislative session that Gov. Robert Bentley has promised on the affordability and availability of homeowners insurance could come in early 2012. The governor and the chairman of his insurance commission said a special session is possible in January …
A federal agency has cited Disney with three safety citations totaling $69,000 related to the death of a mechanic who died in March while doing work on a ride at its Animal Kingdom park. Each of the violations, which were …
A federal court jury took less than two hours to reject a man’s claim that a Springfield, Ore., police officer used excessive force by zapping him with a stun gun as the man tried to flee over a fence in …
The Montgomery Police Department has cited 274 drivers for violating a distracted driving ordinance that was enforced starting a year ago. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the city council passed the ordinance in August 2010, and after a 30-day grace period, …
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an insurance company in a case that legal experts say is the first in the nation on whether insurers may be liable for claims arising from global warming. The court unanimously …