Federal labor officials say they investigating the death of a roofing contractor in northwest Georgia. Dalton Fire Department Deputy Chief Gary Baggett tells the Dalton Daily Citizen that a 48-year-old McMinnville, Tenn. -based contractor was working on the roof of …
Both drivers in the fiery Northern California crash involving a FedEx truck and bus full of students had clean driving records. FedEx driver Tim Evans and the driver of the chartered bus, Talalelei Lealao-Taiao, were killed along with eight passengers …
The state fire marshal wants 46 facilities that store ammonium nitrate in Texas to make safety improvements following the deadly West fertilizer plant explosion last year. State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy on Monday proposed new building requirements ahead of this …
BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, has agreed to acquire the assets of Lafayette, La.-based Knox Insurance Group LLC. Financial terms of the pending transaction were not disclosed. BancorpSouth officials say in a news release with the …
A Superstorm Sandy charity that was suspected of fraud has started distributing money nearly a year after a settlement with New Jersey prosecutors. The unregistered Hurricane Sandy Relief Foundation handed out $225,000 to four charitable organizations in New Jersey and …
Federal authorities say a 40-year-old man has been indicted on fraud charges involving more than $47,000 he received in oil-spill recovery money. A federal indictment alleges Brian Keith Lee received the money after he and a co-conspirator provided false information …
A fire at a home in Baton Rouge, La., caused $15,000 in damage and was determined to have been deliberately set. Curt Monte, of the Baton Rouge Fire Department, tells The Advocate that firefighters arrived on the scene at 2:01 …
The family of a Wichita, Kansas, doctor killed by a hit-and-run driver has filed a lawsuit against the driver and the driver’s employer. William H. Whiteside was struck and killed by a car in April 2012 while he was out …
The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation announced that, as of April 15, 2014, its office will officially relocate from Columbus, Ohio, to Malvern, Pa. In 2012, The Griffith Foundation affiliated with The Institutes, an insurance education provider based in Malvern. By …
A new state mine safety rule will require coal operators to install detection systems that automatically shut down continuous mining machines when people get too close. The rule gives West Virginia companies until July 1, 2017, to install proximity detection …