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Higginbotham Looks Back at 75 Years as Independent Agency

When Paul C. Higginbotham founded his namesake insurance agency in 1948, he never could have imagined the Fort Worth, Texas company would grow into one of America’s top independent property/casualty agencies. Started as a personal insurance brokerage firm in Fort …

Two More Louisiana Residents Sentenced in Staged Auto Accident Conspiracy

Two more Louisiana citizens were sentenced for conspiring to stage automobile accidents in order to defraud insurance and trucking companies. United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that John Diggs age 62, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, and James Williams, age 68, …

Austin, Texas City Manager Fired Over Widespread Power Outages

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin’s city manager was fired Wednesday in the wake of outrage over a slow and fumbled response to a winter storm power outage that left thousands of people without electricity for a week or longer in …

Louisiana Suit Alleges Police Killed Fleeing Black Man

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – Family members of Alonzo Bagley, a Black man who was killed as he tried to flee police responding to a disturbance call, have filed a $10 million lawsuit against the officer who shot him. The federal …

Houston Law Firm Paid Almost $14M for ‘Prescreened’ Client Leads

The McClenny Moseley law firm agreed to pay $3,000 to $3,500 in advance for each prospective client referred to it by a marketing firm, at a total cost of nearly $14 million, according to documents submitted this week to a …

Arkansas Malpractice Bill Would Restrict Trans Youth Medical Care

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Nearly two years after Arkansas became the first state to enact a now-blocked ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Republican lawmakers are trying to effectively reinstate the ban with a proposal Monday to make it …

Holman Acquires Texas’ Park Wood Managers

Holman, a global automotive services organization, today announced the acquisition of Plano, Texas-based Park Wood Managers, a leading underwriter and insurance provider for commercial trucking fleets. The addition of Park Wood Managers and the company’s portfolio of business assets allows …

Lawsuits Pile Up Two Years After Winter Storm Uri

HOUSTON — When Cherrilyn Nedd left her uncomfortably cold Summerwood home during the February 2021 winter storm to stay with her in-laws — who had a generator — she never expected that she would return to find the house ruined. …

Driver in Suspicious Texas Tesla Crash Apparently Moved to Rear Seat

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board apparently have solved the mystery of why no one was found behind the steering wheel of a Tesla that crashed in a Texas two years ago, killing two men. The agency said in …

Families of 2018 Texas School Shooting Settle Suit With Ammo Retailer

HOUSTON (AP) – The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a lawsuit they had filed against a Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to the student who authorities say …

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