DANVILLE – An engineer believes that more heavy rain could cause a landslide on the bluffs overlooking Ellsworth Park on the west side of Logan Avenue, threatening houses and buildings there. Some damage has already been done. The most obvious sign can be found in the parking lot of Dr. Bhirom Buranakul's offices at 102 N. Logan Ave. in Danville, where the edge of the asphalt parking lot
A man diving off the northern Mendocino Coast became the fourth abalone hunter to die on the North Coast this year. Neither the man's name nor cause of his death has been released.
CHAMPAIGN – Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged the Twin Oaks apartment complex on West Bradley Avenue on Friday afternoon. The roof of the two-story, 12-unit building at 2427 W. Bradley Ave. was burned through, and the west end and back of the building were heavily damaged. No injuries were reported.
A wrong-way driver careened off a bridge which is under construction overnight. Greece Police officers responded to the Lake Ontario State Parkway around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. They say the driver was driving east in the westbound lane, which is closed for construction.
EnsurApet, Inc. (OTCBB:EPTI), a provider of pet health insurance, announced that the Company's "Protect 4" Pet Health Insurance Plans offer dog and cat owners an insurance plan which provides coverage for preventive and medical treatments of common canine and feline illnesses. The EnsurApet "Protect 4" plan provides the most coverage of any pet insurance plan in the marketplace today.
The "latte effect" of the go-go years had consumers spending $4 a day on coffee. Now the downturn is forcing them to rethink the wisdom of such habits.
The Asian citrus psyllid is no larger than a gnat, but it could cause big problems for Louisiana's $6.4 million citrus industry. The danger is citrus greening disease, a bacteria that can be carried by the tiny bug. The disease kills citrus trees over a period of a few years.
$4.20 per gallon - not far from current levels - is the projected "pain point" - at which gas prices would cause as much economic pain as they did during the 1980s.
Investigators are looking for a person of interest following a mobile home fire in Thermal. The blaze broke out around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon in the 72-200 block of Pierce Street near Avenue 66.
Fire investigators ruled this week that an extension cord sparked a fire at Bob's Foam Factory shortly after 4 p.m., June 13, causing about $1 million in damages, said Fremont Fire Capt. Gerry Fogel.
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