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8 Kids Sent to Hospitals After Tennessee Church Bus Overturns
Mar 12 2019 // Police in Tennessee say eight children were taken to hospitals for evaluation after their church bus overturned on a highway during heavy rains. News outlets report the bus with a driver and 11 passengers was returning...
Trump Visits Alabama to Survey Damage from Powerful Tornado
Mar 11 2019 // Standing near the slab that’s all that is left of one family’s garage, President Donald Trump on Friday surveyed the devastation wrought by a powerful tornado that ripped through a rural Alabama town, uprooting...
Gun Retailer Sued by Families of Texas Church Shooting Victims
Mar 4 2019 // Family members of victims of a Texas church shooting are suing a sporting goods chain that sold the weapons used in the 2017 massacre. The lawsuit filed in state district court in San Antonio alleges Academy Sports &...
Police: 5 Hurt in Indiana Church Bus Crash; Driver Arrested, Charged with DWI
Feb 28 2019 // Authorities say an 82-year-old church bus driver is charged with driving while intoxicated after five people were injured when a bus returning from a Chicago Bulls game went off the road in northwestern Indiana. Indiana...
Iowa Diocese: 28 Priests Accused of Abusing Minors Identified
Feb 28 2019 // At least 28 priests are credibly accused of having sexually abused more than 100 boys and girls while working for a Roman Catholic diocese in Iowa, church officials announced. The Diocese of Sioux City identified those 28...
4 Promoted in Leadership Roles at Wisconsin’s Church Mutual
Feb 4 2019 // Merrill, Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted four individuals into new leadership roles. Janet Selnes is now vice president – broker distribution. Selnes has a proven track record of leadership...
What It Takes to Successfully Resolve Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes
Feb 4 2019 // While Understanding Why Some Claims Are Denied In the first column of this series, I provided an overview of what it takes to successfully resolve coverage and claims disputes without litigation. In the coming months, we...
Federal Safety Investigators Sidelined by Shutdown Begin Heading to Crash Scenes
Feb 1 2019 // It’s been four weeks since a van carrying children from a Louisiana church to Disney World in Florida collided with a swerving tractor-trailer, igniting diesel fuel and killing seven people in a fiery crash. Now,...
Louisiana Diocese Will Name Clergy Accused of Abuse
Jan 31 2019 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, La., says it will publicly identify all of its clergy credibly accused of child abuse. Bishop Michael Gerard Duca says on the diocese website that releasing the list of names on...
Tornado, High Winds Damage Florida Homes, Church, Zoo
Jan 28 2019 // Authorities say a possible tornado damaged several homes and downed trees and powerlines as a line of storms crossed central Florida. News outlets report winds tore much of the roof off of the parsonage at Tuscanooga...
Tornadoes Cause Damage in Alabama, Florida Panhandle
Jan 22 2019 // Homes, businesses, government offices and churches were among the buildings badly damaged or demolished when tornadoes struck central Alabama over the weekend. The severe weather hit Saturday and another tornado was...
5 Children in Church Van Killed in Fiery Crash on Florida Interstate
Jan 7 2019 // A church van packed with children was headed to Walt Disney World when it got caught in a fiery pileup involving two 18-wheelers. Seven people, including five of the youngsters, died in the crash. On Friday, investigators...
New Suit Alleges Clergy Sex Abuse by New Mexico Priest
Dec 21 2018 // Another lawsuit has been filed against the Catholic Church, alleging sexual abuse of a child by a now-deceased priest who once served at Our Lady of Health Parish in Las Cruces, N.M. It’s the latest in a string of...
Utah Lawmakers OK Medical Marijuana Changes Despite Concerns
Dec 5 2018 // Lawmakers in conservative Utah havev passed sweeping changes to a new voter-approved medical-marijuana ballot measure under a planned compromise that secured the support of the influential Mormon church but sparked a...
Former Connecticut Altar Boy Sues Church Over Alleged Sexual Abuse
Nov 14 2018 // A former Connecticut altar boy who says he was sexually abused by a now deceased Roman Catholic priest has sued the Archdiocese of Hartford. The Republican American reports that the lawsuit filed Wednesday by 46-year-old...
NTSB: Texas Driver’s Drug Use Led to Deadly Church Bus Crash
Oct 19 2018 // A motorist’s use of marijuana and a sedative led to a collision with a church bus that killed 13 people on the bus, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released on Oct. 16. According to the...
A Drive Through the Panhandle After Michael
Oct 17 2018 // You know that Hurricane Michael came through the Florida panhandle as a powerful Category 4 storm. In fact, when it made landfall, it was just 2 mph from being considered a Category 5 storm. It is the most powerful...
California Catholic Bishops at Center of Sex Abuse Lawsuit
Oct 4 2018 // A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said he is suing all Catholic bishops in California and the Archdiocese of Chicago, seeking to compel church officials to release records on clergy...
Penn. Catholic Dioceses Sued For Disclosure of Abuse Allegations
Oct 1 2018 // Parents of children in the Roman Catholic Church and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy have filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s eight dioceses and their bishops asking a judge to compel them to release...
What States Have Done, and Not Done, About Guns
Sep 28 2018 // Shortly after last year’s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip, Ohio Gov. John Kasich convened a panel to explore possible reforms to state gun laws. A Republican, Kasich wanted to be sure its members clearly...
