The parents of a woman killed in crash near Pickstown, S.D., are calling for tougher drunken driving laws in South Dakota. Twenty-nine-year-old Ronald Fischer Jr., of Lake Andes, was allegedly driving drunk on July 8 in the Pickstown area when …
An employee of Joplin-based Empire District Electric Co. alleges in a lawsuit that the utility exposed its employees to asbestos and other hazardous materials at a plant in southeast Kansas. The lawsuit, filed last week in Jasper County Circuit Court …
A Republican state lawmaker is proposing tough new driving restrictions on Ohio teens, including prohibiting them from transporting even one additional teenager. State Rep. Rick Perales, of Beavercreek, tells The Columbus Dispatch his bill would bring Ohio’s rules closer to …
An Ohio man pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced in connection with working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. A judge in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas ordered Cecil Ball to repay nearly $10,000. “Mr. Ball was attempting …
Legal action threatened by Bruce Springsteen’s drummer Max Weinberg and a local judge is among the reasons why restoration work has not been completed at a popular New Jersey waterfront trail destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The 2.5-mile stretch of the …
The National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates almost $1 billion worth of contractors’ equipment is stolen each year. Ryan Shepherd, general manager of the National Equipment Registry (NER), discussed current trends in contractor equipment theft in an interview with Claims Journal …
Two-and-a-half years after an earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of Japan, suspected debris from the disaster continues to quietly wash ashore in Hawaii and along the West Coast of North America. Officials in Hawaii have confirmed seven items at tsunami …
More than one-third of Arkansas is experiencing drought conditions, raising concerns among farmers about fires starting in hay fields. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows far southern Arkansas is in extreme drought, while parts just north are in either severe …
The massive floods that devastated swaths of southern Alberta in June are estimated to be the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history, with the Insurance Bureau of Canada pegging the property damage at C$1.7 billion ($1.65 billion). The bureau, which …
Texas insurance companies and agency partners are challenging themselves and other insurance industry professionals to raise the bar for philanthropy and volunteerism on behalf of the United Way for Greater Austin. So far they are on track, with contributions coming …