A 44-year-old Texas oil company worker died after being overcome by poisonous gas at a pump house, and his 37-year-old wife also was killed by the fumes when she went to check on him. The Ector County Sheriff’s Office says …
Two men have been charged with stealing two new tractors from a Many, La., business. The estimated value of both tractors is $80,000. Stephan Morton, (38) of Shreveport, La., and Michael Bayonne (41) of Alexandria, La., are charged with felony …
Deborah Bishop joined Houston-based independent insurance agency, Insgroup, as senior vice president of Commercial Lines. In this role, Bishop leads the teams that service the firm’s commercial clients. She is responsible for managing the operational activities for the department through …
Lafayette, Louisiana-based Gulf States Holdings Inc. has acquired Coastal American Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary Coastal American Insurance Co. Coastal American’s home office is located in Gulfport, Miss. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but included a stock and …
Five defendants have been indicted in Louisiana for an alleged insurance fraud involving a staged vehicular accident scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says. Damian K. Labeaud and Lucinda Thomas of New Orleans, and Mary Wade, Judy Williams and Dashontae Young …
A judge has denied actor Brad Pitt’s request to be taken off a lawsuit that says his Make it Right Foundation built shoddy homes in the New Orleans area that was hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina. The Times-Picayune/ The New …
A Louisiana hospital foundation’s former fundraising chief was sentenced to 33 months for stealing more than $550,000 in donations. News outlets report 49-year-old John Paul Funes was sentenced after his original sentencing hearing was pushed back because of scheduling conflicts. …
Pei Wei Asian Diner LLC, doing business as Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen in Little Rock Ark., has been charged with subjecting a class of female teens and young adults to sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work environment in violation …
The nine tornadoes that hit the Dallas, Texas-area over the weekend have caused an estimated $2 billion in damage, an insurer trade group says, making it the costliest tornado loss in Texas history. The Insurance Council of Texas noted that …
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake centered near the Kansas-Oklahoma border was felt as far as 75 miles away, but no injuries have been reported. The Kansas City Star reports that the temblor happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday and was centered …
