The family of a Poland man who died in a crash while riding his motorcycle has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of the car involved in the collision and three insurance companies. Kevin Lemm was killed and …
Experts say the San Antonio, Texas, area had more than $10 million in damage to public property during May 25 storms and flooding. Bexar (bayr) County Commissioners were updated Tuesday on continuing repairs. Officials say most of the damage was …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Lewiston, Idaho, construction company for its role in a natural gas explosion in the city’s downtown last November. OSHA cited M.L. Albright and Sons for failing to anticipate the change in …
The deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4 kilometers) and was the second top-of-the-scale EF5 twister to hit the area in less than two weeks, the National Weather Service …
A southwestern Illinois woman’s dog and monkey apparently are fast friends, so much so that the primate takes umbrage to anyone getting too close to the pooch, authorities say. A 6-year-old boy apparently learned that the hard way. Authorities in …
The federal government has ordered a company that operated a party bus to stop operating after a Kansas woman died when she fell out of the modified vehicle. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the order to Olathe, Kan.-based Midnight …
Grief and shock has seized the scientific community with the deaths of three storm chasers in El Reno, Okla., from a multivortex tornado Friday. For the past three years, Crown Point native Matt Grzych has faced storms side by side …
Franklin County officials are investigating a series of air conditioning thefts from three rural southern Illinois churches. Authorities tell The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan that some of the churches were hit twice in the past 10 days. The most recent theft …
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. did not use $50 million it collected from ratepayers that was meant to improve its gas pipeline network in the decade leading to a deadly explosion in a San Francisco Bay area suburb, an audit …
Climbing rangers on iconic Mount Rainier had become comfortable working on the mountain’s icy slopes without being roped or tethered for safety and had become desensitized to potential hazards, according to a review released Tuesday into the death of a …