A St. Louis, Mo.-based conservation group is suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency over a development in the floodplain in St. Peters. The Great Rivers Habitat Alliance has fought against the construction of the Premier 370 Business Park since it …
Flood warnings remained in effect Dec. 30 for areas along most of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula’s major rivers and streams as crews worked to restore electrical service to thousands left without power since the weekend. About 20,000 of 183,000 CMS Energy …
In the latest of a series of problems involving Interstate 40 through Oklahoma City, a hole opened in a bridge over the North Canadian River Dec. 29, forcing the closure of two eastbound lanes while crews repaired the damage. This …
It may be a little harder to keep cigarettes lit in Oklahoma next year. Jan. 1 is the effective date for legislation passed last session requiring that cigarettes sold in Oklahoma comply with fire safety standards. The paper on these …
Teenage drivers in Arkansas have a higher rate of traffic fatalities than any other category of drivers in the state, and the AAA wants the state to further restrict driving by young people. The AAA, formerly the American Automobile Association, …
A rail safety group plans a campaign to reduce Ohio’s relatively high numbers of pedestrians and vehicles struck by trains. Operation Lifesaver says Ohio ranks 7th with 113 crashes involving trains that left eight people dead and 40 injured last …
Fatal motor vehicle crashes are on the rise for the second year in a row according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety. The numbers released on Monday include all fatalities from Jan. 1 to Dec. 22, 2008. A fatality …
Fire officials say a heater filled with gasoline instead of kerosene caused a fire that killed seven people in a southwest Philadelphia home. Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says a fire marshal’s report confirms what firefighters at the scene suspected: Pouring …
Cooling temperatures and falling Winooski River water levels have all but eliminated the threat of flooding in Montpelier, Vermon — for now. The river’s depth, which had risen because of an ice jam, dropped by 8 inches overnight and was …
South Carolina authorities want drivers who lost their licenses because of drunken driving convictions to know about a new policy that could get them back behind the wheel. A new state law says anyone convicted of second-degree DUI after Jan. …