The driver, Michael Fox, 23, allegedly appeared to be high and had drugs on him when he lost control of his Honda Accord while traveling south on Hylan Boulevard near Cleveland Avenue in Great Kills, Staten Island. Mr. Fox hit Christal Aliotta, 31, who was rushed to Staten University North Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. “It seems there are potentially two…
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June 30– TAHLEQUAH– The Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce’s Bank of America check card was used to withdraw around $270,000 from ATMs in Tahlequah, Catoosa and Tulsa over the past 30 months, bank statements show. The transactions were often made at the Hard Rock Hotel& Casino in Catoosa, and occasionally at gaming facilities in Tahlequah and Fort Gibson, the…
July 01– A retired Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge accused of losing another county judge’s money in a land investment deal cannot be covered by his insurance policy, the state Superior Court ruled Monday in backing a lower court’s decision. Senior Judge Gerard Bigley and his wife, Maureen, sued retired Judge Robert Horgos in 2011 for more than…
June 27– People crowded around a large map of York Road on Thursday, placing color-coded stickers on sections of the corridor where they want more retail, restaurants or service-oriented businesses. Lisa O’Reilly, of the York-Homeland neighborhood on Homeland Avenue, said she wants to see a bank on a long stretch of York Road between Belvedere Square and 33rd…
June 30– PORTLAND, Maine– A top women’s group advocate was among many in Maine on Monday to decry the Supreme Court’s ruling that some private companies can now claim an exemption from the federal health care law that requires employers who provide health insurance to cover birth control. “Today’s Supreme Court decision in Conestoga Wood Specialties v.
Each video will be up to two minutes long and will be submitted to Women In Trucking for online display and judging. “We are excited to be involved in this campaign and promote the social side of today’s transportation professionals,” says Oliver Feakins from All Truck Jobs.com. “This is a great way to put a human face on the industry,” said Peter Vomocil, Internet…
For the past year, Professional Photographers of America’s blog has been tracking the story of Nebraska PPA members Keith and Holly Howe as they worked through Keith’s diagnosis and treatment for lymphoma. Keith started getting sick November 2012. Over the next year, Keith went in for repeated tests for any medical condition you can name and more that you can’t.
July 01– A federal judge is weighing a petition by HR Comp Staffing LLC to void a search warrant and return 32 boxes of documents and records seized from its Knoxville office by the FBI and IRS in a May raid. In previously filed written documents, HR Comp says the search warrant was unconstitutional, overly broad, and obtained on the basis of incomplete information…
June 30– A Butte man faces a felony charge of child endangerment for driving under the influence with a 9- year-old kid in the backseat. Shane Patrick Denton, 49, is accused of doing 41 mph in a 25 mph zone while intoxicated. His other passenger, Susan Lynn Denton, remains in jail on $40,000 worth of warrants from Washington.
June 30– MANKATO– Longtime Mankato-based Enventis is being purchased by Consolidated Communications Holdings of Illinois in a $350 million all-stock deal. Shareholders of the 116- year-old Mankato company, formerly called HickoryTech, will receive 0.7402 shares of Consolidated stock for each share of Enventis stock. Based on the closing price of…
Through intense preparation and aggressive representation, the highly experienced attorneys and paralegals at Portner& Shure were able to obtain a $1 million settlement for their client. Jonathan Portner, a partner at Portner& Shure, and a member of the National Top 100 Trial Lawyers and Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and Christine Airey, a skilled paralegal…
June 30– Nicki Bridges said her addiction to prescription painkillers nearly caused her to lose her family. “I bankrupted my family,” Bridges said. “The black market price for prescription pills is huge right now,” said Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin. “
June 30– AVE MARIA– The U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday recognizing religious freedom of some companies could be beneficial to Ave Maria University and its lawsuit against the federal government’s rule requiring insurance coverage for contraception, Ave Maria officials said. Still, Ave Maria President Jim Towey said he’s thrilled by the decision and…
The full-service law firm, Garvey Schubert Barer, has announced the addition of new attorneys to three of its offices in New York, Portland and Seattle. Anne Preston, Chair of Garvey Schubert Barer and Managing Director of the firm’s Seattle Office, stated, “It is particularly gratifying when quality attorneys choose to join your firm. She joins Garvey Schubert…
June 30– Drivers rolling along Cumberland Falls Highway around midnight Wednesday night may have thought there was a crash or something around the intersection with Bee Creek Road. Troopers Tony Dingess and Les Moses with the Kentucky State Police were conducting what was termed as a “pre-approved” safety checkpoint. However, about 12:15 Thursday morning, a…
A traffic stop led to the arrest of a man who had been running from police for the past 18 months, according to Laurel County Sheriff John Root. Nantz was jailed in the Laurel County Correctional Center. A man caught up in an argument Friday was found to be under the influence, according to Laurel County Sheriff John Root.
July 01– MONROE– The end of fiscal emergency is on the horizon for Monroe school officials who’ve requested a final audit from the state. Since being declared in fiscal emergency, Monroe schools has borrowed about $2.6 million from the state’s Solvency Assistance Fund. The Monroe school board recently approved Jesse Catanzaro, of Franklin, as the new athletic…
Tully Rinckey Pllc moved from Niagara Street in downtown Buffalo to a new larger office building at 5488 Sheridan Drive in Amherst, where it is leasing 5,090 square feet– about five times what it had before. “Our firm continues to find that the Western New York legal market is ripe for business growth and development,” said Mathew B. Tully, founding partner and a…
Gartner Inc. predicts The Internet of Things “… will grow to 26 billion units by 2020”. OurHelix, a Chicago- based digital agency has challenged leaders to consider the impact the internet of things has and will continue to have on their brands, businesses and organizations. That interconnectivity is going to escalate and businesses need to rethink how they can…
