Las Vegas, Nev., fire officials say arson may be behind an early Thanksgiving morning fire that caused $20,000 in damages to a vacant house. Firefighters responded just after midnight to the blaze in the 4900 block of Glory Lane, near …
During a fire, it is customary for local companies from surrounding towns to respond. But if the fire occurs over the water, only a handful of companies in the southern New Jersey region are able to offer assistance, and local …
Authorities are investigating a car arson in Newark, Delaware, that caused about $1,000 in damages. WDEL-AM reports that the state Fire Marshal’s office is looking into the car fire that occurred early Thursday morning in the 100 block of Spruce …
The parents of a Bellevue man who was killed when his bicycle was struck by a gas truck have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a fuel supplier. The filing in Douglas County District Court says Nebraska-Iowa Supply Company Inc. in …
A Travis County court sentenced Robert Rosette on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Rosette reported a job-related injury while working as a delivery driver and warehouseman for Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC in Beaumont, Texas. He claimed …
A federal judge has approved a settlement that calls for the St. Landry Parish School Board in Lafayette, La., to pay $800,000 to the attorney who was on the opposing side of the parish’s school desegregation case for more than …
Research from M&S Money reveals the number of home insurance claims as a result of winter weather filed in England has risen by 200 percent over the last three years. The total cost of damages, from both insured and uninsured …
An official with the Homer Electric Association expects this month’s wind storms on the Kenai Peninsula to wind up costing more than $2 million. Joe Gallagher tells the Peninsula Clarion that figure includes equipment and personnel costs to restore power. …
An East Texas man may embrace cable or satellite television after dangling head-down from a TV aerial mast for three hours. Johnny Perry says he was working to dismantle a mast that had held a high aerial long used for …
Police in St. Louis are searching for thieves who broke into several vehicles parked at a downtown garage during Sunday’s St. Louis Rams game. KMOV-TV reports that several cars parked at the Mansion House parking garage were broken into while …