An appeals court says a northeastern Ohio county could be liable in the death of a 17-year-old girl who apparently lost control while driving on a road under repair. At issue is the absence of white lines on the rural …
State officials say they’ve overseen a record number of prescribed burns over the past year. The Florida Forest Service reported prescribed fires covering more than 2.5 million acres. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says that’s one of …
Two central Kentucky firefighters are still hospitalized a day after they were shocked by a power line while helping out with an “ice bucket challenge.” Campbellsville Fire Capt. Tony Grider was in critical condition in the University of Louisville Medical …
The green-and-white ferry pulled away from the docks and churned across Puget Sound, leaving behind Seattle’s waterfront. Passengers stood in the breeze on the deck or gazed out of the windows at the distant, snow-covered bulk of Mount Rainier. Then …
Loren and Eva Schlabach lost their only son in a traffic accident on a clear summer day more than two years ago. Today, their pain remains so unbearable that they might be willing to risk losing their community to find …
The Utah Highway Patrol says a nighttime rockslide sent boulders onto the highway about an hour north of Salt Lake City, causing six crashes. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Marykaye Lucas tells KSL-TV only minor injuries were reported. The slide occurred …
A New Jersey man who performed unsafe asbestos removal work at several schools and homes has been sentenced to five years in prison. The Courier News reports that 52-year-old William T. Muzzio was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Scott J. …
People who told police they were not that drunk while driving may have been right in one Pennsylvania county. Somerset County District Attorney Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser tells the Daily American that a hospital has been testing drivers’ blood serum, not whole …
Cory Albertson was cruising at 30,000 feet and, like others on the plane to Detroit, taking care of some business on his laptop. His spreadsheets contained names familiar to anyone who follows baseball. Pitchers, catchers, maybe a center fielder Albertson …
A federal audit says Cobb County, Ga., must repay about $558,000 it received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a severe storm in 2009. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the audit found the county received dual payments from insurance and …