NASHVILLE, Ga. — A south Georgia mayor has been arrested after a contractor alleged the mayor used an excavator without permission and damaged it. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Friday that it had arrested Nashville Mayor Taylor Scarbrough on …
Investigators have found no abnormalities in a Las Vegas search-and-rescue officer’s harness or in the hoist that was pulling him up to a helicopter when he fell to his death while rescuing a hiker, authorities said in a report Tuesday. …
The Lafayette Fire Department, in Louisiana, has received a federal grant for equipment to monitor carbon monoxide exposure. The $22,400 grant will go to the purchase of seven devices known as pulse oximeters. Authorities say the devices provide a quick …
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office says a construction worker is dead after he was run over by a piece of equipment near New Market. Cpl. Scott Blundell says 37-year-old David Garcia was pronounced dead at Shock Trauma in Baltimore shortly …
A man whose son was killed in an accident last year during a class at River Parishes Community College has filed a lawsuit. The Advocate reports that 19-year-old Joshua Wallace of Prairieville was killed in Oct. 2010 during an electrical …
A Dickinson man is suing the maker of a battery booster for a 2005 explosion he says left him injured. Jared Shypkoski has filed a federal complaint against Clore Automotive, LLC, located in Lenexa, Kansas. The lawsuit alleges that the …
Trenton firefighters say they returned from a Halloween morning alarm to find their firehouse had been broken into and personal items stolen. Fire Director Qareeb Bashir tells the Times of Trenton the thieves got into Engine Co. 1 through an …
Police are investigating after a string of break-ins were reported at churches in Bath County, Kentucky. One church, the Grace Tabernacle, reported more than $1,000 in missing equipment, according to WKYT-TV. The most recent break-in was reported at Slate Valley …
Harvest is a nerve-wracking ordeal for Tama County farmers. Operating a combine in cornfields this fall is a lot like driving in a blizzard. Farmers are on the edge of their seat, hands tightly clenched around the steering wheel and …
Senators and medical witnesses Wednesday criticized some sports equipment makers for touting products as reducing concussions, saying they were misleading consumers because the claims are not justified by scientific evidence. “Now that athletes, coaches and parents have a better understanding …