October 28, 2020
Arson investigators are trying to determine whether a blaze that damaged a Kentucky city hall building was intentionally set. The Burkesville government building suffered fire damage early Sunday to a section where police offices are located, news outlets reported. The …
October 28, 2020
Florida-based Tower Hill Insurance and national carrier Safeco, two non-affiliated carriers, have formed a marketing partnership in the state of Florida to offer a multi-policy discount to customers. Beginning in November, policyholders will have access to a multi-policy discount when …
October 28, 2020
The parents of a man killed by police in Louisiana is suing the Lafayette Police Department, saying their son did not have a knife when he was killed. Trayford Pellerin, 31, was killed Aug. 21 as he walked away from …
October 28, 2020
A woman was killed and more than 20 other people were injured over the weekend when a hayrack side overturned in rural western Illinois, police said. Troopers were called to the scene in Hancock County on Saturday night after between …
October 28, 2020
A 2015 report identified hazardous substances on the site of the Sheboygan Municipal Armory near Lake Michigan, but contamination was only recently reported to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at the request of state environmental regulators. Now, the DNR …
October 28, 2020
Louisiana residents with damage from Hurricane Laura will get an extra month to sign up for disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The deadline to register with FEMA had been set for Oct. 27. But the agency announced …
October 28, 2020
Independent insurance agency, Higginbotham, and Brisky & Perez Insurance Agency, an independent firm in Brownsville, Texas, have merged operations, expanding Higginbotham’s reach in South Texas. Both firms broker commercial and personal property/casualty insurance, employee benefits and individual life and health …
October 28, 2020
A new artificial intelligence-based score considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19 seen at urgent care clinics or emergency departments. The tool, nicknamed CoVA, was created by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and can …
October 28, 2020
Louisiana prepared for the sixth lashing this year from a Gulf Coast system as Tropical Storm Zeta sped off the Yucatan Peninsula bringing high winds and rain to a region still reeling from a series of storms. Zeta was about …
October 28, 2020
Sam Gordon’s staggering football skills made her famous at age 9. But they didn’t make her fully welcome on the field. As the only girl in a tackle football league in Utah, she heard parents from opposing teams urge their …