A 52-year-old Raceland man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of wire fraud linked to unemployment insurance debit cards he fraudulently obtained and used during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says Charles Shields entered the …
A Bridgeport chiropractor Bridgeport has become the third health professional to plead guilty in an insurance scam involving auto accidents and personal injury claims. Thirty-year-old Jennifer Netter pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to make false statements by exaggerating injuries and …
While 8 in 10 drivers say it is never safe to text, email or use a smart phone, a large percentage use various features on their smart phones when operating their vehicles, according to the latest GMAC Insurance National Drivers …
Mother Nature wrecked havoc along the Front Range and southeastern Wyoming last week—again living up to the region’s weather reputation as “hail alley.” The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association estimates insured damage to cars and homes in Colorado from last …
Mississippi State University is launching a car-sharing service in the fall. Zipcar Inc. will provide four vehicles in a high-pedestrian-traffic area of the campus in Starkville. Everett Kennard, MSU’s manager of transportation, says the service will be available 24 hours …
With winds gusting to 98 miles per hour, Category 2 Typhoon Ma-On is a large storm with typhoon force winds extending outward up to 50 miles from its center, while tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 225 miles. …
The Metrodome’s new roof is up again. Stadium officials and construction workers have completed a test inflation of the Teflon-coated ceiling. Chief engineer Steve Maki says the process was problem-free. It took about an hour Wednesday morning. The project is …
Insurance and liability concerns are delaying the cleanup of two collapsed buildings in a small Arkansas town. The building collapse on May 16 killed 2-year-old girl Alissa Jones and injured her mother. More than seven weeks later, the rubble remains. …
$10,000 has been donated to a memorial fund honoring two Louisiana investigators who were killed in the line of duty June 7 by the International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU). Louisiana Insurance Department investigators, Rhett Jeansonne and Kim Sledge, …
Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance. Prosecutors say Donald Bevins, of Williston, doing business as Twin City Roofing and Around the Clock Property Maintenance, operated without …