Between now and June 2, officers from 132 agencies will participate in the state’s largest-ever concentrated effort to increase the use of seatbelts. This year’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign includes stepped-up enforcement, broadcast advertising and public education in an …
The driver of a Texas parade float struck last year by a train, killing four military veterans and injuring others, has told federal investigators that the oncoming train appeared stationary to him. Dale Hayden told National Transportation Safety Board investigators …
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb and the cost could be more than $2 billion. Dan Ramsey, president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, …
Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the panel’s chairman said. In …
Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday ordered the state’s conservation commissioner to review all permits issued to Texas Brine Co., the operator of a collapsed salt dome in Assumption Parish that authorities say caused a 15-acre sinkhole and an ongoing evacuation …
An explosives recycling company that authorities said improperly stored millions of pounds of a military propellant, causing the evacuation of a Louisiana town last year, was stripped of its state explosives licenses on Monday. Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Julie Lewis …
Top lawmakers and officials say the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma. The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery …
Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, …
Disaster help may be available for losses not covered by insurance in a Central Texas town recovering from a fertilizer plant explosion. The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday urged survivors of the April 17 blast in West to check …
More Texas troopers will be on patrol over the Memorial Day weekend watching for speeders, drunken drivers and travelers not wearing seatbelts. The Department of Public Safety says increased holiday patrols will begin Friday and run through the Monday holiday. …
