April 24– After Moore, Okla., got hammered by its third monster tornado in 13 years, Mayor Glenn Lewis had had enough. He pushed to make Moore the first U.S. city to beef up its building code for tornadoes and require new homes to withstand 135 mph winds– in the same way California homes are built to ride out earthquakes and Florida homes must resist hurricanes.
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April 23– CLARKS– West of New Bern Volunteer firemen gathered at their substation in the Craven Industrial Park Saturday to try out their newest piece of equipment– a $400,000 fire engine that replaces a 45- year-old engine that is now technically an antique. Fire Chief Justin Sawyer said the new engine gives the 45- man department expanded fire-fighting…
Put simply, the mortgage insurance premiums on loans eligible for sale to giant investors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac underwent a shake-up earlier this month. To illustrate: According to one mortgage insurer’s rate sheet, a buyer of a $400,000 house with a 660 FICO, a 3 percent down payment and a fixed rate of 4 1/ 8 percent would have paid $2,359 a month in principal,…
April 24– Somerset businessman Ward F. Correll, recognized for millions of dollars worth of philanthropy in support of various causes, died Thursday at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital. Correll had given millions to causes and projects including land for a water park and youth baseball field in Somerset; land and financial support for Somerset…
April 23– SAN DIEGO– Designer denim brand AG Adriano Goldschmied is changing the label on its jeans after a class-action lawsuit in San Diego federal court challenged its “Made in USA” pedigree. David Paz, an insurance broker, bought a pair of the brand’s “Protege” jeans from a San Diego Nordstrom and said he was swayed by the label indicating the pants were made in the…
April 23– Last Monday, Arthur Carpenter hit and killed a 6- year-old boy as the child attempted to cross Raines Road. The day before, Anjelca Henderson, 27, and Kristi Shook, 34, were also arrested when both drivers were involved in a crash in Frayser where four children were injured. “So the legislature created this law saying that the guy driving the SUV that hit Mr….
April 23– Would-be developers of 100 North Main, the tallest skyscraper in Downtown Memphis, are targets of a Florida regulatory action alleging they mismanaged a troubled senior housing community. Florida officials are trying to wrest control of Tampa’s University Village from a company affiliated with Eli T. Freiden, a Boca Raton- based, Memphis- born real…
April 23– The Harlan Fiscal Court has decided to look for options regarding health insurance for city employees. Harlan County Judge-Executive Dan Mosley advised the court the current provider quoted an increased rate for renewal. Mosley asked County Treasurer Ryan Creech to go over some specifics concerning renewal.
April 23– SUNBURY– Tears and claims she falsely confessed to setting fire to her Mount Carmel home were not enough for 64- year-old Susan Stanley to escape a guilty verdict to the majority of the charges against her in a trial heard by a Northumberland County jury of 10 women and two men. President Judge Charles Saylor ordered a pre-sentence investigation to be…
Tom Wolf has a $34 million proposal to expand access to drug treatment facilities and curtail heroin and prescription painkiller addiction, and now he has to convince state legislators to keep it in the next fiscal year’s budget. The bulk of funding will be used to establish 50 opioid use disorder Centers of Excellence to treat Medicaid recipients.
April 23– COMFORT– Kathy Bender said choosing to live at Hermann Sons Retirement Home was the best decision she made in recent years. Kathie Ninneman, public relations director for Hermann Sons Fraternal Insurance, said the 200- acre property was bought in 1913 by Hermann Sons for $9,000, and the citizens of Comfort helped construct the house by cutting away…
April 23– LAS CRUCES– Proposed amendments to a Mesilla’s Flood Damage Prevention ordinance will be considered by the town’s board of trustees when they meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Mesilla Town Hall, 2231 Avenida de Mesilla. The amendments are anticipated to be minimal, but are needed so Mesilla officials can submit the revised ordinance to the Federal Emergency…
April 23– Abilene High great Jim Millerman, who helped the Eagles to state titles in both track and football in 1954, died early Friday morning at his home in Dallas. Millerman, a 2014 inductee into the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame, was 80 years old. Added fellow Abilene High graduate and Big Country Athletic Hall of Famer Carlton Stowers: “Jim was a hell-of-a nice…
April 23– The city of Fredericksburg is advertising a 79- cent real estate tax rate, which is 2 cents more than the rate City Manager Bev Cameron proposed in his budget. The higher tax rate would allow City Council to fully fund Fredericksburg School Superintendent David Melton’s proposed budget for city schools. City Council asked Cameron and his staff to…
April 23– Donna Delzingaro’s father died in 1990, but it wasn’t until decades later that she got a call from the state informing her that she and her sisters each had nearly $44,000 coming to them from a life-insurance policy on her dad. Rick Scott will force companies to try to track down beneficiaries within 120 days of learning of a death. It also will require…
April 23– The Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block the merger of two large Chicago- area hospital systems has provided a rare insider’s look at the region’s health care industry. In the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace in Illinois, premiums rose 20 to 30 percent last year. Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem say the goal…
HIGH POINT– A High Point man is accused of texting when he fatally hit a person late Thursday night. Leon Lanear Knowles IV, 41, of 3928 Fountain Grove Drive, is charged with felony hit-and-run, driving while texting, driving while license is revoked and driving a vehicle without liability insurance. He’s accused of driving a Mercedes R320 about 9:50 p.m….
According to the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA), the non-final Medicare rule regarding lower limb prostheses is being exploited by private health insurers to deny coverage to amputees for previously approved medical care and devices.
April 22– HIGH POINT– High Point police charged a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run Thursday night. Mike Kirk said police arrested Leon Lanear Knowles IV, 41, of High Point, at about 3:20 a.m. Friday at 3928 Fountain Grove Drive– about five miles from where the crash happened. Police responded to the intersection of Eastchester Drive and Johnson Street,…
