Dec. 30– Since November, the Lewis County Historical Museum has been trying to figure out how over $460,000 could have disappeared from the museum’s endowment fund in less than three years.
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Francisco Pano scored on a cross from Bob Morales in the first half, and Hector Loera gave Corning some late insurance in the second half with a goal. Los Molinos High cancels football season.
KNOXVILLE– A former body shop worker at Toyota of Knoxville has filed suit against the Knoxville auto dealership, claiming he was fired and defamed for uncovering evidence in an insurance fraud cover-up benefiting former University of Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin.
Dec. 29– LAUREL COUNTY, Ky.– A London man was killed in a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 near the 57 mile marker in Rockcastle County early Friday morning.
Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature changed the face of public labor in Wisconsin and sent local governments scrambling to adjust. The action in Madison sent some municipalities and school districts rushing to settle union contracts before the new laws went into effect.
COLFAX– Upon her arrival 10 years ago, Cindee Carlson says she became the subject of a curious rumor that swept across the wheat fields like a wind with no origin. I’m just a person who found a place in the Palouse and I love it here. ” Cindee really did come from California.
The crash occurred at 2:23 a.m. on North Mesa Street, south of Mesa’s intersection with Executive Center Boulevard. Police said Vargas was driving a red 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer sedan south on North Mesa Street at a high speed when he lost control of the car near Executive Center Boulevard.
Dec. 30– Four Charlotte- area men, at least two of whom are members of the Occupy Charlotte group, were charged early Friday after they burned two U.S. flags at the organization’s camp site in the uptown area. Charged in the case were Jason Bargert, 28, of Charlotte; Michael Behrle, 23, of Matthews; Stephen Morris, 20, of Matthews; and Alex Tyler, 19, of Fort Mill.
Dec. 30– The former president of NewDominion Bank has been fined $3,000 and barred from bank management for “personal dishonesty” that resulted in financial gain while causing the Charlotte bank to lose money, according to an order released Friday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp..
With the debut of ScheduleNotes.com- its new email greeting card and custom note platform- Uinvite, Inc. promises small businesses a more personalized, less “in your face” way to market to current clients and renew relationships with clients they have lost touch with.
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 30, 2011– TOP Ships Inc., an international maritime shipping company that provides transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, and dry bulk commodities, announced today that it has sold the M/V PEPITO, a 75,928 dwt drybulk vessel built in 2001. The sale of the M/V PEPITO will result in a book loss of approximately $25 million.
Tragedy struck at the Indiana State Fair, protests popped up around the country, and the Avon School Corporation was forced to make some tough decisions. Some positives came from the tragedy, as many people and groups– including a pair of third-graders from Mill Creek East Elementary School– looked to aid the victims.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced the redemption details for certain series of auction rate preferred shares issued by three BlackRock tax-exempt closed-end funds. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.. At September 30, 2011, BlackRock’ s AUM was $3.345 trillion.
Thomas Dubovi of the state police in East Franklin. ” But New Year’s Eve can be especially bad because there are those people who think it’s the one night a year they can overindulge– and they very often don’t have much experience with it. “
Dec. 30– They don’t make many “country doctors” like Dr. For the past 40 years, Frederick, 77, of North Buffalo, a Harvard educated medical practitioner and surgeon with the skills and training of a big-city surgeon, has made his home in Armstrong County and has worked exclusively at ACMH Hospital.
Comfort Systems USA, Inc., a leading provider of commercial, industrial and institutional heating, ventilation and air conditioning services, today announced that its board of directors has elected Brian E. Lane as the Company’ s new Chief Executive Officer and that William F. Murdy, the Company’ s previous Chief Executive Officer, will continue to serve as the non-executive Chairman of the Company’ s board of directors.
FBL Financial Group, Inc. today announced it has closed the previously announced sale of its subsidiary, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, to a controlled affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, LLC in an all-cash transaction with initial sale proceeds of $471.4 million.
As many travelers look into buying a travel insurance policy to protect them in the event of an accident or medical emergency, Squaremouth.com, a site for comparing and purchasing travel insurance, recommends not buying a policy’ s optional hazardous sports upgrade.“ Most standard travel insurance policies cover someone while they are skiing or snowboarding,” explains Sarah Byrne, Marketing Manager at Squaremouth.“ Additional coverage is only necessary if they will be participating in heliskiing or another extreme sport, such as mountaineering or skydiving.”.
