The town of Merigold, Miss., is building a storm shelter that will have a capacity of 800-900 people and will be completed by December. Mayor Andrew Westerfield tells The Bolivar Commercial that the shelter will be not only for local …
A new lawsuit blames pilot “negligence and carelessness” for causing a southwest Missouri plane crash that killed five people. The suit was filed Monday in Springfield by Janis Melton, the mother of one of the victims, 46-year-old Robin Melton. It …
Twenty-six vehicles slammed into each other during a sandstorm in rural Northern Nevada, killing one person, seriously injuring several others and sapping already-thin emergency resources, officials said. Humboldt County sheriff’s dispatchers called in virtually every medical, law enforcement and fire …
A construction company has agreed to pay $16,000 in fines for safety violations following the death of a worker at a northern Indiana highway project. The Indiana Department of Labor says it found safety violations after 30-year-old Arthur Kerns was …
Chuck Stump and Brent Pauley are out to end drunk driving – and not just the kind you think. They’re fighting drinking and driving on the golf course. In February, Stump and Pauley introduced the Golfalyzer, a portable, AA battery-powered …
Chrysler is recalling about 15,000 new Dodge Dart compact cars worldwide because the engines can stall in cold weather. The recall affects 2013 model year cars with 1.4-liter four-cylinder engines and dual-clutch automatic transmissions. The company found the problem itself …
Floods that have devastated parts of southern and eastern Germany could briefly impede growth in Europe’s biggest economy, an industry body said, while ratings agency Fitch said the economic cost could be as high as 12 billion euros. That would …
Walgreen Co, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated federal rules governing the distribution of prescription painkillers. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday said the settlement …
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for a $20 billion system of flood barriers to protect low-lying areas from storms almost eight months after Hurricane Sandy devastated the region. In a report released today, the mayor made 250 recommendations, including …
Alabama drivers in St. Clair and Bibb counties who were stopped at roadblocks in the area over the weekend were asked to give anonymous breath, saliva and blood samples as part of a national study, authorities said Monday. Giving samples …