Police are investigating the theft of $300,000 in wiring from a northwest Atlanta warehouse that’s been transformed into a movie set for an upcoming Hollywood film. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the warehouse is being used for filming of the …
Alabama’s second annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday will be the weekend of Feb. 22-24. The state Revenue Department says the state will waive its 4 percent sales tax on items used to prepare homes and businesses for hurricanes …
A fire that killed six children and one young adult at an illegally run orphanage in central China has prompted the suspensions of six local officials, a county government official said Tuesday. The deaths Friday in Henan province’s Lankao county …
The Forrest County Board of Supervisors has approved the expansion of the Rawls Springs Fire District to include properties previously left out of any county fire protection districts. Typically, Rawls Springs residents are automatically entered into the fire district simply …
Kanawha County officials suspect electrical problems are the cause of three townhouse fires in a St. Albans, W.Va., subdivision. One fire broke out at the Indian Head subdivision on Sunday. Two more fires occurred in the same subdivision Monday. There …
John Ingram, former North Carolina insurance commissioner who made runs for governor and the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 83. Charles Brown said his brother-in-law died at his Myrtle Beach home Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Ingram was …
Vail Resorts Inc. says a teen’s own negligence caused his death in an avalanche last year in an inbounds but closed area of Vail Mountain in Colorado. The Vail Daily reports the comment came in a court document the company …
An insurance company that nearly went under after the Joplin, Mo., tornado is back in better financial condition. Missouri’s insurance department says a judge has granted its request to release Barton County Mutual Insurance Co. from department control. The company …
A Michigan man who authorities say buried a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in 2009 and claimed it was stolen to collect insurance money has been sentenced to six months in jail. MLive.com reports a judge Monday also ordered 40-year-old Chad Dejongh of …
A U.S. safety agency has cleared the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee after an investigation into possible engine fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating 107,000 of the SUVs in July after getting complaints about power steering hoses coming …