News - Powered by Yahoo NewsMan Reported Missing Found Dead In Ditch
The man found dead in a northwest Indiana ditch on Tuesday had been reported missing for nearly two months when a worker found him.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:42:13 GMT - (CBS 2 Chicago)
Halbert Heights ditch work gets under way soon
Weather permitting, crews will begin work on the Halbert Heights drainage ditch Wednesday, Mayor Bob Massengill told the Brookhaven Board of Aldermen at their Tuesday night meeting.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:36:45 GMT - (The Daily Leader)
Ditch repair work won?t fix drainage problem
BAYOU VISTA ? A drainage ditch damaged during Ike will be added to the long list of much-needed repairs.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:01:27 GMT - (Galveston County Daily News)
Area to miss deadline to certify Big Ditch levees
The Big Ditch -- the flood control project that protects Wichita -- needs about $14 million in repairs. Because of that, the city and county will miss a Feb 2 deadline to certify the levees that make up the Big Ditch -- formally known as the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway -- which potentially could require thousands of homeowners to buy flood insurance or pay higher rates for existing ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:53:31 GMT - (The Wichita Eagle)
Driver pulled from ditch
An elderly Sarnia man has escaped serious injury after his vehicle crashed into a water-filled ditch on Waterworks Side Road Wednesday. Sarnia police report the [...]
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:35:06 GMT - (Sarnia Observer)
Inmates? night out ends in ditch
A midnight excursion involving several Iberia Parish work release prisoners and personnel led to multiple arrests and firings Monday after two inmates backed a van into a ditch along Estis Road.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:44:45 GMT - (The Daily Iberian)
NW Indiana Man Found Dead In Roadside Ditch
The cause of death remains uncertain Wednesday for a 46-year-old man whose body was found in ditch in northwest Indiana on Tuesday. Police got a call around 12:30 p.m. after a Reichelt Plumbing employee spotted a body in the Central Avenue ditch along Kennedy Avenue and Winston Court in Schererville.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:25:28 GMT - (CBS 2 Chicago)
Big Ditch accreditation will miss deadline; homeowners could be affected
The city and county will miss a Feb. 2 deadline to certify the levees that make up the Big Ditch, which potentially could require thousands of homeowners to buy flood insurance or pay higher rates for existing policies. New flood maps will be drawn by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the next 18 to 24 months. Without an accredited levee system, the new maps could put more properties ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:46:52 GMT - (The Wichita Eagle)
Authorities remove body from Indiana ditch
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday on the body of a man who was found dead this afternoon in a Schererville drainage ditch. Representatives from the Schererville police, Lake County coroner's office, Lake County crime lab and Schererville fire department recovered the body in Central Avenue Ditch, off Winston Court near Kennedy Avenue, shortly before 1:30 p.m., according to a report in ...
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:25:10 GMT - (Chicago Tribune)
Earth Scientist Emerges as Possible Replacement for NASA Chief
WASHINGTON - Despite a last-ditch campaign by some supporters to keep NASA Administrator Mike Griffin on the job, the transition team of President-elect Barack Obama is now vetting a handful of replacement candidates, among them scientist Charles Kennel, who previously ran the agency's Earth science division, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:38:49 GMT - (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)