Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced the arrest of Rickey Lynn Warren of Hensley, a former a licensed insurance agent charged with insurance fraud. Warren is accused with taking checks totaling $2,125 for workers’ compensation insurance, as well as general …
More than 40 earthquake recording stations will be placed around the state and in Iowa as part of a federal initiative overseen by Missouri University of Science and Technology. The seismic monitors join another 400 stations already in place across …
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed into law legislation blocking local governments from billing motorists for emergency response services at the scene of an automobile accident. SB 2282, sponsored by Sen. Mike Bennett (R.-Bradenton) prohibits local governments from levying additional …
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has announced that President Obama granted his request for a federal major disaster declaration to help Arkansas counties recovering from flooding rains and storms in May. The federal declaration covers all 37 counties requested by Gov. …
Arkansas is putting its residents and economy at risk by failing to adopt a centralized system for flood-levee oversight, the state’s lawmakers have been told. Representatives from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission recently reported to members of the Legislative Joint …
The calls have all been similar pranks: A frantic man urges hotel desk workers or guests to set off a fire sprinkler, sound an alarm or bust windows. It’s always the same: Do it now! And, authorities said, they did. …
Storms with wind gusts nearing hurricane speed cut across Oklahoma and Arkansas on June 12, causing damage in at least 13 Arkansas counties. Tommy Jackson, a spokesman with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, says Conway and Johnson counties have …
$4.4 Million The southwest Kansas town of Greensburg, destroyed two years ago by a massive tornado, is due to receive $4.4 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Division to help repair streets and build a …
$9.3 Million An Arkansas lawyer who controlled an escrow account for a settlement in a case involving the Bisys Group Inc. insurance services firm has pleaded guilty to charges of stealing more than $9 million from the account. Lawyer Steven …
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