Three former Joplin, Mo., residents faces federal charges accusing them of diverting relief funds after the 2011 tornado. The U.S. Attorney’s office for western Missouri said in a release Monday that 31-year-old Herlana Latham and 36-year-old Christopher L. Smith, both …
Rising temperatures have led to a rash of air conditioner thefts in Wichita by people who sell copper piping and other scrap metal inside the units and leave thousands of dollars of damage in their wake. Home sellers and renters …
The Rapid City Police Department is launching a safety campaign to try to decrease the number of pedestrian-related injuries in the Black Hills community. The South Dakota Office of Highway Safety is providing a $40,000 grant for the campaign, The …
An analysis of law enforcement records found that drunken driving enforcement varies across Michigan. The MLive.com report published Monday as part of a multi-day series says the small Kalamazoo County community of Richland has more drunken driving arrests per officer …
Records show more than $1.1 billion of the more than $4.7 billion in flood recovery money awarded to state and local governments remains unused five years after the largest natural disaster in Iowa history. The Des Moines Register reported the …
Officials say highway patrol troopers from South Dakota and Minnesota have made 188 arrests and issued 522 warnings during a joint enforcement operation on a stretch of Interstate 90. The daylong enforcement effort took place Thursday on I-90 between Chamberlain, …
A Dennison, Ohio, man has been convicted of workers’ compensation fraud after he was found working while receiving workplace injury benefits. Steven Gooding pleaded guilty to the crime and was ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) …
Indiana conservation officers will be taking part in a national campaign aimed raising awareness of the dangers of boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They will be taking part in Operation Dry Water, scheduled for June 28-30, which …
Jacques Bell has seen some bad weather in his time; after all, he’s lived in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Indiana, all states that have seen violent storms in recent years. He’s even done a little storm chasing and spotting, and …
Insurance companies serving the St. Louis area have received more than 6,300 claims from residents with damage from tornadoes that struck the area on May 31, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. One insurer reported more than 2,200 claims, …
