Tennessee authorities cut open a slain bear and found a Florida man’s shoe lost while fighting off a bear that attacked his 8-year-old son in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The footwear was discovered in the black bear’s stomach …
Yes, there will be more Alabama state troopers patrolling state highways this week. Beginning Aug. 18, troopers were on the lookout for drivers who violate traffic laws. The Department of Public Safety said troopers will also use vans called “BAT …
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 …
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Leslie Newman appointed James H. “Jim” Pillow as the assistant commissioner for the state’s Fire Prevention Division. Pillow recently spent four years as the Clarksville City Building and Codes Director. He previously spent …
Fatal motorcycle accidents in Tennessee are increasing corresponding with a rise in the number of people being issued motorcycle licenses. According to the Tennessee Department of Safety, the number of motorcycle licenses increased statewide about 5 percent each year between …
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 …
Grange Insurance recently added Michelle Benz as president of the Grange Life Insurance Company. She replaces Tom Welch, previous president of Grange Life who was promoted to chief financial officer of Grange Insurance in April. Welch had been leading Grange …
Authorities were searching for the cause of a fire in a shop at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that forced the evacuation of 95 workers, but caused no injuries. A National Nuclear Security Administration spokesman said …
Charlotte, N.C.-based Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, introduced its farm line of business on Commercial IQ — a web-based application for quoting and application submission. Agents in Tennessee are now realizing faster turn-around time with SmartNav …
Unum Group, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, entered into an accelerated repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank, AG London Branch to repurchase approximately $350 million of its outstanding common stock. The Aug. 1 announcement follows the accelerated repurchase of $350 million of …
