Las Vegas police say officers are going to stop responding to non-injury fender-bender crashes where drivers are willing to trade insurance information. Traffic division Capt. Mark Tavarez told reporters Monday that the new policy will begin March 3. The Las …
The fire chief in Ogunquit, Maine, says a time-share resort where guests were sickened by carbon monoxide won’t be fined, and it plans to install carbon monoxide detectors in all 77 of its rooms. Fire Chief Mark O’Brien told the …
A pet shop owner pleaded not guilty Monday to torching her Las Vegas business, where firefighters rescued 27 puppies. Gloria Eun Hye Lee, 35, entered her plea in state court after she was indicted Feb. 14 on 31 felony and …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer recently announced that five individuals were convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system in January 2014. “The faces of workers’ compensation fraud vary …
Police may still have grounds to arrest people for DUI even if they pass field sobriety tests, the Tennessee Supreme Court said in a ruling announced Friday. The decision involved a Sevier County man whose DUI charges were thrown out …
A study published last month by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers finds that most people who reported persistent neck pain did not pursue litigation six weeks after their accident. Nearly 4 million individuals involved in motor vehicle …
Statistics show Toledo has more arson fires than other Ohio cities – but relatively few perpetrators are caught and prosecuted. The Blade newspaper reports Toledo reported more intentionally set structure and vehicle fires than any other city in the Buckeye …
Brown County is working to reduce emergency response times after Green Bay’s new fire chief said the Wisconsin department is too slow in responding to calls. Press-Gazette Media reports about half the Green Bay Metro Fire Department responses last December …
Rieth-Riley Construction Co. typically closes its Indianapolis asphalt plants from December through March. Not this year. Too many potholes to fill. Officials asked Rieth-Riley to fire up a plant six weeks early to help fill what the city said is …
The shutters clicked, the grainy photos were sent to the red-light violators and St. Louis raised $4.1 million last year. Now the vehicular version of “Candid Camera” may be ending, as it has in other U.S. towns and cities. A …