A tornado that destroyed 149 structures in Oklahoma’s Atoka County on April 14 is causing a major financial strain on residents and relief agencies, officials said. About 65 percent of the people who lost houses when the tornado hit Tushka …
Firefighters continued to make gradual progress containing massive, wind-whipped wildfires that raged across Texas on April 23, while expressing worry that a change in the weather early next week could spark a new outbreak. West Texas firefighters rushed to finish …
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least three tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in the night on April 22 as a line of fierce storms passed through the state, and although power was knocked out to about 1,700 people, …
An anonymous donor has purchased a $50,000 insurance policy to help an Oklahoma woman keep her pet kangaroo as a therapy pet. The Broken Arrow City Council is considering an exotic animal ordinance exemption that would allow Christie Carr to …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $211,381 dividend to the Texas Automotive group purchase program. The group’s second consecutive workers’ compensation dividend was based largely on its overall loss ratio. Texas Automotive group members have shared in $389,648 in Texas …
The Fort Worth Chapter of CPCU announced that during the past 14 years, it has donated $181,000 in total scholarships to University of North Texas students in the Risk Management and Insurance program. The group recently hosted its 15th annual …
As part of its Advanced Insurance Law Seminar, the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas honored Austin-lawyer Joe K. Longley as the recipient of its 2011 Insurance Legend Award. This Award is given annually by the Section …
Two natural gas exploration companies have agreed to extend the shutdowns of two injection wells in Arkansas as researchers study whether the operations are linked to more than 1,000 unexplained earthquakes in the region, a state commission said Wednesday. Chesapeake …
As wildfires continue to rage in almost every region of the state, the Texas Forest Service reports that 6,061 fires and more than 1.8 million acres have burned since the beginning of the year. Much of the burned acreage has …
A severe line of thunderstorms extending 100 miles pounded portions of north central Texas this week producing hail as large as tennis balls. The line extended from Denton to Hillsboro. The communities of Itasca and Covington located north of Hillsboro …
