From cracked oil and natural gas pipelines to contaminated public water supplies, the nation’s economy could be the biggest casualty of the next major Midwest earthquake, an earthquake expert warned. Geologic engineering professor Dave Rogers of Missouri University of Science …
Zach Scruggs must report to prison by Aug. 15 for knowing about the bribery scheme that also landed his father and law partner behind bars. Scruggs was indicted in November along with his father, famed tort attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, …
Mississippi state troopers, police officers and sheriff’s deputies are teaming up for a new program aimed at reducing drunk driving. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety is calling the program “Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” Officers will be stepping up …
Criminal charges were being considered against a Houston motorcoach owner and president whose bus crashed in north Texas killing 17 Vietnamese Catholics on their way to a religious festival in Missouri, according to a Harris County prosecutor. “Criminal charges are …
Storms in New Orleans halted work to clean up oil spilled along the Mississippi River as the Coast Guard prepared Aug. 11 for a hearing about who is to blame for the wreck that caused the spill in late July. …
A wildfire that has burned more than 62 square miles of eastern North Carolina forests and fields is nearly extinguished and firefighters are wrapping up operations, a spokesman said Aug. 5. Fire managers have sent scores of people back to …
For the second time in the history of the award, two winners have been chosen to receive the “National Outstanding Customer Service Representative of the Year Award” from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. The 2008 award went …
The Republic Group announced that Southern Insurance Co. has been selected by the Governing Committee of the New Mexico Property Insurance Program to act as servicing insurer for the New Mexico FAIR Plan for a three-year period beginning Jan. 1, …
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced the settlement of the state’s breach of contract suit against State Farm. Hood said the suit was filed after State Farm refused to comply with a January 2007 Hinds County Chancery Court settlement. Due …
Not so long ago, former Mississippi-based Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil lawsuit attorneys in the country. In prison, he will be inmate No. 12734-042. Scruggs, 62, must report to a federal prison in Kentucky by …
