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Samantha Kissel reacts to the temperature of the water after stepping out of her disabled truck Saturday in front of a house on Taylor Avenue on the Southeast Side. Many Evansville streets flooded once again as heavy rains that began Friday continued into the weekend. So far this has been the second-rainiest September on record. .
(SALEM) - The City of Salem Public Works Department wants you to Be Aware! of four road construction projects that are set to begin on Monday that could affect your commute through town. Center St NE - Between 13th St NE and 14th St NE -10/23 to 10/27 - 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Lanes narrowed and shifted for sewer service replacement Wiltsey Rd SE - Between Woodside Dr SE and Commercial St SE - 10/23 to 10/26 - 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Street closure with detour for installation of utilities for new development. Local access will be maintained from Woodside Dr SE. Fir St S - Between Rural Ave SE and Luther St SE - 10/23 to 10/30 - 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Street closure for installation of sewer service. Strong Road SE - Between Fairview Industrial Dr SE and Reed Rd SE - 10/23 to 12/15 8:00 AM to 8:00 AM.
In June, I started writing Knape's Corner, a Web log at The Press' online site, mlive.com/grpress. It's a place for tidbits and sometimes random thoughts that do not make it into the paper you're holding. Most of the time the blog is about the Grand Rapids development scene. Sometimes it's not. Occasionally, so I've been told, it's been useful, amusing and interesting. At times, my wife tells me, it misses the mark. But always it's an additional take on local happenings you won't see anywhere in these pages, with links, old photos and other items I dig out and post. Today's column is a digest of entries from this past week. Think of it like a visit to the grocery store when they have a bunch of free samples. Some might be good.
LAFAYETTE — High oil prices and the recent discovery of an untapped petroleum reserve in the Gulf of Mexico will be a boon for Lafayette, a noted economist told business leaders Thursday. The annual job growth rate in the Lafayette metropolitan area for 2007 and 2008 is forecast at 2.5 percent, economist Loren Scott told a luncheon crowd at the Independent Weekly’s IndExpo business conference. "That would make you the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the state," he said. Scott, a professor emeritus of economics at LSU and former department chairman at the university in Baton Rouge, is one of the authors of a recent post-hurricane economic forecast for the state. He pegged Lafayette’s strong outlook on the discovery this year of a massive deepwater petroleum pool in the Gulf of Mexico that he expects to fuel brisk activity in the oil-and-gas service sector.
A 38-year-old home improvement contractor from Annadale, who is charged with committing more than a dozen crimes, including seven counts of second degree grand larceny appeared in state Supreme Court today, where he was remanded to Rikers Island without bail. Jim Cartrette is accused of accepting payments for work he had no intentions of doing - costing Staten Islanders more than $1 million, according to District Attorney Daniel Donovan. .
An argument late Monday at a Catoosa County mobile home park left one man dead and his neighbor was arrested on a murder charge, according to Sheriff Phil Summers.
He said it was the countys second murder this year.
In a prepared statement, Sheriff Summers said Catoosa County 911 Center got a call about 11:30 p.m. Monday reporting a shooting on 324 Trace Lane at Village Green mobile home park. When emergency services arrived, they found the body of James Meyer, 31, of 361 Trace Lane, lying in the yard.
He had gunshot wounds, police said, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sheriff Summers said the preliminary investigation indicated the dead man and Leonard Steven Waller, 54, of 324 Trace Lane, had been drinking and began to argue after Mr.
SHALERSVILLE A township family was forced to relocate Saturday following an early morning fire at their Infirmary Road residence. According to the Mantua-Shalersville Fire Department, a call was received at 8:15 a.m. Saturday for a report of a fully involved structure fire at 9329 Infirmary Road, Lot D8. Upon arrival, fire crews found a single wide trailer engulfed in flames. All of the occupants of the home had already evacuated the building safely, according to fire crews. The Mantua-Shalersville Fire Department was assisted in extinguishing the blaze by an engine and manpower from the Streetsboro Fire Department. The Garrettsville-Freedom-Nelson Joint Fire District also had been called but were canceled while en route to the scene. Seven firefighters remained on the scene until it was cleared 10:45 a.m.
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