Rio Grande Valley Drivers Ranked Safest in Texas in 2010 'Allstate America's Best Drivers Report' - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 Drivers in the Rio Grande Valley are the safest in Texas, according to the 2010 Allstate America's Best Drivers Report. For the fourth year in a row, Brownsville took the top spot in Texas for having the safest drivers.
Law Offices of John David Hart Launch New Interactive Website - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- John David Hart of the Law Offices of John David Hart in Fort Worth, Texas today announced the launch of the firm's new website that has been designed to provide visitors with greater information and more interactive features. The new site can still be reached at www.hartlaw.com. "This new website will allow us to reach more ...
Some call for increased lighting on boats - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 By Dennis Sherer Staff Writer Numerous nighttime boating accidents in recent months throughout the region, including a fatal collision in the Shoals earlier this year, have provoked passionate pleas to enhance lightning requirements for operating boats at night.
Mariner has had at least 12 Gulf incidents and was fined - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 Mariner Energy has been involved in at least a dozen offshore accidents or pollution spills in Gulf waters that were investigated by federal regulators.
'Fracking' yields fuel, fear in Northeast - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 Bill Ely walked into his chicken coop with an empty five-gallon water jug.
Two women killed in separate car accidents - Mon, 30 Aug 2010 GALVESTON, Texas—Two women were killed in separate car accidents Sunday morning, authorities said. One of those killed was a corrections officer in a crash near Tiki Island on her way home from work, while the other was killed when she was impaled in a crash near San Leon. The first accident happened at about 2:30 a.m. in the 5200 block of FM 517 in Texas City near San Leon. Three women and a ...
Foreign Policy: Second Explosion Exposes Oil Industry - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 The Obama administration's moratorium on deep water drilling has been opposed by the oil industry and by conservative politicians, but a second rig explosion has called the opposition into question. Eric Lukas of Foreign Policy argues that the industry must improve on its safety safety record.
Gulf oil spill: BP corporate culture at center of hearings - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 Federal investigators conducting hearings this week in Houston have been focusing heavily on BP's corporate culture -- hammering executives about whether they have learned from the oil giant's history of deadly disasters, near-accidents and poor safety culture. “We’re concerned about...
Horse project team grabs a place at nationals - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 Submitted photo courtesy of Richard Voets - Jamie Voets, Kristyn Harris, Katrina Gorski and Ashlyn Milam of the Lone Star 4H team of Collin County will be representing Texas at the national contest in Denver, Colo.
Oil platform explodes off Louisiana - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 The crew is rescued and there are no signs of a leak, but the accident sparks new debate about wells in the gulf. The opening scene was all too familiar. Black smoke rising from a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and workers plucked from the sea. But Thursday's fire on an oil production facility 100 miles off the Louisiana coast appears to have ended without disaster.
