A minor 3.9 magnitude earthquake early Saturday shook southwestern Utah, 150 miles from the collapsed coal mine where six men are missing. The quake hit in a remote area and was unlikely to have caused any damage, said Relu Burlacu, …
Iowa City, Iowa has filed a lawsuit after some holiday decorations left revelers feeling a bit “grinchy.” The city claims a Philadelphia-based decorations company sold it faulty Silhouette Snowflake decorations for about $15,700 last November. The company, Design Decorators, assured …
Some South Texas areas have begun taking precautions as Category 4 Hurricane Dean charted a course toward the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, with the Texas coast a possible target. City officials in Brownsville called for voluntary evacuations …
Heavy rain and high winds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin moved through Oklahoma early on Aug. 19 , flooding homes and roads and leading to power outages. More than five inches of rain fell in some areas of …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order to an Oklahoma-based corporation and two former Louisiana insurance agents who allegedly have been soliciting insurance products to senior citizens without a license. Shop Right Corporation based in Edmond, …
The Missouri Insurance Department recently announced steps it’s taking to implement legislation signed by Gov. Matt Blunt, which allows for the formation of captive insurance companies to bring as much as $10 million to the state’s revenue over the next …
In June, the Federal Emergency Management Agency changed the insurance requirements local governments and nonprofits must meet to be eligible for public aid, potentially leaving nonprofts and governments responsible for paying deductibles that in some cases now cost tens of …
Alabama state troopers issued 26,126 tickets in a five-day statewide crackdown last week aimed at reducing speeds and preventing highway deaths. The troopers wrote 11,931 tickets for speeding and 4,995 for seat belt or child restraint violations. Some 17,991 arrests …
Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, more than 1,000 storm victims in parts of Alabama’s rural south Mobile County are still waiting for housing funds to get out of trailers or damaged, patched-over homes. It’s apparent that not enough federal …
On-the-job fatalities in West Virginia rose nearly 72 percent last year. Seventy-nine workers were killed on the job in 2006, up from 46 in 2005. It was the highest total for the state since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ …
