Morrilton, Ark., has reached an agreement with a clean-up company to remove debris from downtown buildings that collapsed in May, killing a 2-year-old girl. Little Rock television station KTHV reports that the Morrilton City Council agreed Monday to a bid …
The lucky ones traverse this flood-submerged Thai city in navy boats and motorized canoes. The rest float on whatever they can find – inner tubes, swan-shaped pedal boats, even huge chunks of muddied white plastic foam. With large sections of …
Sierra Vista’s first red light photo enforcement camera is clicking away. Redflex systems will be installing at least four more cameras at city intersections. The cameras will catch drivers who run red lights, even if they are turning left or …
The wife of a Washington sanitation worker fatally shot last year at a Department of Public Works lot a has sued the city. Larry Hutchins of Suitland, Md., was killed Oct. 13 in a shooting that also wounded another worker. …
The Augusta Fire chief and city manager want the city council to ban fireworks, overruling a new Maine law allowing them. Fire Chief Roger Audette says he grew up in Los Angeles, a city that allows fireworks and every year …
The California Supreme Court says Mill Valley must pay $4 million to the family of a man killed in a mudslide at their home. Walter Guthrie was trying to clear an outdoor drainpipe during a 2006 rainstorm when he was …
The western South Dakota community of Lead (leed) is getting a $3.3 million fire hall. Ground was broken late last week for the facility that is being built largely with the help of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development …
Fire officials and Bay City, Michigan’s water distribution department are looking at a plan to color-code the community’s 1,441 fire hydrants to identify the quality of water outflow in each. Beginning next year, large steamer caps on the front of …
State officials have warned the Southern California city of La Puente that it could lose its insurance if elected officials do not start managing the city properly. The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, …
The city of Worcester has settled a federal lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged that two city police officers beat and falsely arrested her. A city lawyer says the suit, which also alleged that police Chief Gary Gemme and …