Officials with police-run auto-theft task forces say they are shutting down across Illinois due to state spending freezes. Separately, the (Peoria) Journal Star also reports that a bipartisan deal reached in the state Legislature last week will siphon $6 million …
Goods are being unloaded and commerce traded along the Houston Ship Channel, even though part of the waterway remained closed on March 11 amid cleanup efforts following a collision that spilled a flammable chemical. About a 4-mile to 8-mile stretch …
The grass-strip McBride Airport has closed nearly 50 years after it was carved out of an eastern Iowa farm field. Ivan McBride told The Gazette it’s difficult to close the tiny airport in Marion that his late father created in …
The costs of closing the Red River Waterway in Louisiana for 15 days haven’t been fully totaled, but they’re adding up to millions of dollars. A broken lock system shut the waterway from April 2 to April 17. Since the …
Royal Dutch Shell’s Singapore refinery may remain shut for at least a month, industry sources said, and the company declared it would not meet supply commitments after a blaze at the major 500,000 barrels-per-day plant. Singapore is Asia’s hub for …
When Caltrans announced that it planned to close the busy 405 freeway July 15 to 18, the local populace immediately went into panic mode. The Interstate, which links the San Fernando Valley with West Los Angeles and points south, is …
A number of media experts in the UK offered up their views following the decision by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to close its tabloid News of the World after this Sunday’s edition, as a result of an escalating phone hacking …
