The National Weather Service says that severe weather on May 11 spawned 15 tornadoes in central Georgia. The strongest of the so-called “Mother’s Day tornadoes” occurred in Treutlen County and was an EF3. Most of the twisters were rated as …
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A manager for a home builder that installed inadequate fire walls in more than 100 town houses in Guilford and Forsyth counties says the oversight was an “honest mistake,” not an attempt to cut costs. Portrait homes regional manager Paul …
The North Carolina Medical Board will hold a public hearing next month on a proposal to post doctors’ malpractice information on its Web site. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported this week that the idea has already drawn the …
Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow deep in the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every word. It’s …
A police search warrant says there was blood inside a Charlotte, N.C. insurance agency owned by a man charged in the death of a woman auditing his business. The warrant says 40-year-old Michael Howell of Indian Trail initially allowed police …
For outgoing Independent Insurance Agents of Texas President Frank Swingle, serving on the board of the agents’ organization for the past six years has “been tremendously fun and beneficial.” And he plans to keep active in the association even after …
The husband of a slain state insurance investigator said he felt sure his wife was dead from the moment he learned she was missing — and that he’s been going through a “living hell” ever since. Sallie Rohrbach’s body was …
Gov. Mike Easley declared Bertie and Onslow Counties state disaster areas, making residents and businesses in those counties eligible for state disaster assistance to help with repairs from the storms and tornadoes that hit the state on May 11. Easley …
Authorities searching a wooded area on May 20 found the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator who prosecutors believe was killed by the owner of an agency she was auditing. Police searched for Sallie Rohrbach, 44, since she was …
