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Owners of candle factory damaged in tornado plan expansion
The company that operated a Kentucky candle factory leveled by a deadly winter tornado plans to ramp up production with a $33 million investment at a nearby plant, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. Mayfield Consumer Products LLC, a maker of candles and other home fragrance...
Montana schools chief fined $100 in school bus passing case
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's top schools official was fined $100 after she pleaded no contest to a citation alleging she illegally passed a stopped school bus while children were boarding. Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen on Wednesday entered the plea meaning...
Montana schools chief cited in case of illegal bus passing
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s top schools administrator has been cited in the case of a pickup truck that illegally passed a school bus while it was stopped to pick up students in a residential subdivision last week. Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was cited...
Juvenile charged contaminating opposing KS team's water
McPHERSON, Kan. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the contamination of a water cooler used by a small college baseball team in Kansas. The boy was charged with endangerment and criminal damage to property for allegedly pouring paint into Kansas Wesleyan's...
Turkey summons US ambassador over warning on police methods
ISTANBUL (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Ankara has been summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry over a warning to U.S. citizens in Turkey about attending a political rally that referred to police crowd control methods, state-run media said Sunday. The embassy posted a message on...
2nd arrest after viral video shows popped balloons in bay
MIAMI (AP) — A second person has been arrested after a viral video showed people popping party balloons on a yacht at a South Florida marina and dumping the rubbery scraps into the bay, officials said. A 26-year-old woman was arrested Friday and charged with willful disregard for...
2 military college students plead not guilty in hazing case
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Two Norwich University students have pleaded not guilty to charges related to a hazing investigation involving the women's rugby team at the private military college. One 22-year-old student pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor count of simple assault and...
Florida: Viral video shows popped balloons in bay, 1 arrest
MIAMI (AP) — A viral video of people popping party balloons on a yacht at a South Florida marina and dumping the rubbery scraps into the bay has led to one arrest and more that $25,000 in fines, officials said. A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday and charged with reckless...
WA high court: Drivers can get DUIs for driving while high
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday people can be cited for driving under the influence for driving while high, a decision that upholds the state’s decade-old law regulating marijuana use behind the wheel of a car. The Seattle Times reports all...
Officials: 14 kids, 2 drivers hurt in school bus crash
NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — More than a dozen children were hurt in a crash involving a school bus on Monday morning, police in Delaware said. New Castle County police said 14 children aged 5 to 10 were taken to the hospital, The News Journal reported. Paramedics...
