| Bicycle rider runs into bus in Florosa
A Nevada woman got a bump from a bus and a ticket after traveling the wrong way on her bike Monday morning. The 46-year-old cyclist was struck by an Okaloosa County School bus about 8 a.m. in front of Keystone Townhomes on U.S. Highway 98 in Florosa. .
Interim process may get tricky
At 9 a.m. on Feb. 20, Scott Moore and Paul Pinkston will be two of 11 Knox County commissioners making interim appointments for 12 vacant county offices. Thirty minutes later, a Knox County chancellor will begin hearing arguments over whether they should be allowed to do so. Sixteen plaintiffs, including one who's vying for one of the interim appointments, want to oust Moore and Pinkston from office, and they're asking Chancellor Daryl R. Fansler to suspend the commissioners until the ouster suit is decided. They claim that Moore, who resigned last week as commission chairman, and Pinkston lied under oath when testifying during last year's trial that found commissioners violated the state Open Meetings Act the first time they made appointments in January 2007. Other grounds for ouster, the plaintiffs contend, include violating the sunshine law and Moore's seeking the advice of an outside lawyer in making appointments.
Tire manufacturer Kumho's Bibb plant will bring jobs, impact local ...
In 1960, Samyang Tire, the predecessor of today's Kumho Tire Co., was established, and the next year it produced about 20 tires a day. By the end of the 1960s, it shipped tires to Thailand for the first time. By the mid-1970s, the company produced one million tires a year, a record in Korea, according to the company's history. In 1983, its total output was more than 30 million tires. In 1985, the name changed to Kumho Tire, and in late 1990, its total output exceeded 100 million tires. Other than its South Korean plants, the company has opened plants in China and Vietnam during the past 18 months. It has technical centers in Korea, England, China and in Akron, Ohio. Kumho's U.S. headquarters in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., opened in 1975. It is home to the company's 830,000-square-foot central distribution center.
Teen killed after car hits bus shelter
The out-of-control car also hit a bus shelter. No one was waiting for the bus at the time of the accident. A 17-year-old, who can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with impaired driving causing death and criminal negligence causing death.
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Pay heed to risks of all-terrain vehicles
Toward the end of a Journal Star story on workplace safety last week, an expert pointed out that all-terrain vehicles are involved in a significant number of farming-related fatalities in Nebraska.Six people were killed last year, and the previous year, in rural accidents involving the popular off-road vehicles.Similar references to ATVs show up in other stories involving accident statistics. Officials pointed out last year that motor vehicle crashes are the third leading cause of death for children in Nebraska. One out of every eight of the children killed in vehicle crashes in 2005 was involved in an ATV accident. .
North Interstate and Greeley intersection sees change after another ...
The second accident in two weeks involving a bicycle and car at the intersection of North Interstate and North Greeley has resulted in prohibiting right turns onto Greeley from North Interstate. Commissioner Sam Adams and the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) are closing the right turn following the Nov. 6 incident in which the bicyclist was seriously injured. Crews are setting up barricades and traffic controls to prohibit automobiles from turning right. This closure is indefinite while the Commissioner and PDOT engineers explore other solutions to improve bicycle safety at this intersection. "We're hoping it will only be a matter of days or weeks (the turn is closed down), we don't want to cause any undue inconvenience," said Roland Chlapowski, Adam's Senior Transportation Policy Director.
Road rage madman hits cyclists
There is a relevant law on the statutes, you know. Bugger the bike riders. Posted by: uncle arthur v the ugly of north 11:55am today Comment 24 of 26 WR, too right I dont own a bike and if I did i certainly wouldnt ride it on the road during peak hours. People are wanting to get to work and constantly having to wait and make way for bikes that should be on bike paths drives alot of people mad, as your comment about arrogance and agressiveness proves! Posted by: HG of 11:55am today Comment 23 of 26 To Bikes are FIne on Roads!! of Perth, i didn't say that i don't feel sorry or feel bad for the riders that were hurt.. i think the attack is disgusting.. But just like alot of OTHER people commenting, i am saying that riders are beginning to become a problem and they should be paying the same fees as drivers to use the roads.
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