Des Moines-based Guide One Taylor Ball and TC3, a claims construction and consulting company specializing in the reconstruction of churches, schools, senior living centers, institutions and businesses, announced that it is changing its name to GC3. “This change represents more …
A southeast Missouri business owner says someone stole $20,000 worth of copper wire from outside his home, part of an ongoing nationwide problem with copper thefts. J.W. Strack lives next to a stone quarry he owns on Missouri 74 in …
Relatives of a man who died at a Kansas prison while serving a life sentence for killing a woman are seeking $1 million in damages and threatening to file a lawsuit. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the family of Roger …
University of Louisiana at Monroe officials expect George T. Walker Hall, which was heavily damaged in a 2012 fire, will be open in August. Jason Roubique, ULM’s director of facilities management, tells The News-Star the project is about 15 percent …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating two workplace deaths in Williams County, N.D., over the last few weeks. The Williston Herald reports that a fallen forklift crushed a 26-year-old Colorado man and killed him on Dec. 18. Daniel …
While Ohio has traditionally had some of the lowest auto insurance premium rates in the country, going forward some Ohioans may see their rates rising. That’s because an increase in the state’s minimum limit of coverage for financial responsibility went …
Freezing weather across the U.S. will damage crops from winter wheat to oranges and is threatening livestock, sending cattle futures to an all-time high. As much as 15 percent of winter-wheat plants in the Great Plains face damage, Kyle Tapley, …
Maine residents are being encouraged to report ice storm damage to their homes and businesses so the state can assess what kind of assistance might be available. Gov. Paul LePage says businesses that suffered a significant loss of revenue because …
Two large construction barges moored near New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge broke away during the recent snowstorm and drifted down the Hudson River, raising more safety questions about boats that have been under scrutiny since a fatal accident in July. …
The coldest air in almost 20 years is sweeping over the central U.S. toward the East Coast, threatening to topple temperature records, ignite energy demand and damage Great Plains winter wheat. Chicago’s high today won’t reach zero Fahrenheit (minus 18 …