The Davenport City Council has approved a $1.2 million plan to rebuild the historic Credit Island Lodge after a devastating fire last spring. The council unanimously approved the plan Wednesday, nearly four months after a fire ripped through the 91-year-old …
Two disabled high school students say the Evansville-Vanderburgh school district set policies that set restrictions on the use of service dogs that violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit Thursday …
State utility regulators have again pushed back their report determining whether Missouri Gas Energy was in compliance with state and federal safety standards leading up to and in response to the Kansas City restaurant explosion that killed a waitress. Missouri …
Tornadoes tore through eastern Japan on Monday, injuring dozens of people, at least one seriously, and destroying some buildings. Police in Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo, said 63 people were reported injured. Details of their injuries were not immediately available. Kyodo …
The family of a young Arizona boy who was fatally struck by Pima County Sheriff’s Department vehicle has filed a claim seeking $50 million in damages. Authorities say 10-year-old Xavier Arturo Sanchez died July 15 when he was hit by …
The WCS App has made Wardlaw adjusters more efficient in real time since its first release in April of 2013. Only adjusters deployed by Wardlaw, with a Wardlaw email address, can use the app. The update to version 2.0 includes: …
A Spokane, Wash., restaurant co-owner accused of fraudulently collecting nearly $250,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been charged with first-degree theft. The Washington Labor and Industries Department said Wednesday that Wanitta Racicot filed for workers’ comp in 2001, saying she …
Driving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over? After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. – the collective miles people drive – peaked in August 2007. It …
High radiation levels are spreading at the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said on Monday, and the Japanese government prepared to offer more funding and oversight to try to contain the crisis. Japanese authorities were seeking to address criticism …
The federal government established new guidelines for the handling and storage of ammonium nitrate, the fertilizer ingredient and explosive blamed for a fatal blast in April at a depot in Texas. An advisory issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and …