The former owner of a Fresno-based trucking company is facing charges of under-reporting more than $2 million in payroll to avoid workers’ compensation costs, regulators said Wednesday. Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno faces three felony charges related to about a half million in workers’ compensation insurance fraud at the company he used to own, TKJ […]
May 15—CONCORD — An owner of a Rockingham County automotive dealership who neglected to provide a customer with a certificate of title following a vehicle sale is facing multiple charges. On Tuesday, members of the State Police Troop G Investigations Unit arrested Jordan T. Shallow, 42, of Plaistow, after investigators received information that Shallow, an […]
In the basement of a Centralia funeral home in a dark hallway off the embalming room, tucked inside a nook behind two steel plates and a door, a visitor found three disembodied, neatly wrapped human legs, two of them marked with names and dated to the 1960s. The discovery stunned property owner Cindy Hansen, who […]
GRETNA, La. (WGNO) — A restaurant owner on the West Bank says he’s losing customers because officers with the Gretna Police Department have been slamming his customers with traffic tickets in recent weeks. “It’s 12:00 in the afternoon and already five cars got stopped in our area, not just for the stop sign, but for […]
From the moment a child starts walking, they can begin classes at Deary’s Gymnastics in Danielson. The gym is a lifelong passion project for former All-American gymnast Robin Deary Fillmore, who started the gym after graduating from Southern Connecticut State University where Deary Fillmore picked up her All-American accolades on the balance beam. In addition […]
On May 6, when a tornado hit the town of Barnsdall in Oklahoma, Lindsay Crowder and her family decided to head to the town shelter. However, they left behind their pets as they never expected their house to disappear altogether. Fortunately, their cat Pikachu survived the ordeal and reunited with her owners. Oklahoma cat vanishes […]
(Bloomberg) — China is probing a hedge fund firm with stellar returns after it stopped repaying investors, following tightening scrutiny on the 5.5 trillion yuan ($760 billion) industry. Most Read from Bloomberg The China Securities Regulatory Commission said Saturday night it’s investigating alleged illegal activities at Zhejiang Ruifengda Asset Management Co. and would seek to […]
May 13—A Tesla Cybertruck is Portland’s newest celebrity. Tennis players stop midswing to get a glimpse of it. Children want their pictures taken with it. It’s a trending topic online in the Portland subreddit. On the road, the electric vehicle is the frequent recipient of middle fingers, thumbs-downs and slammed-on brakes. People gawk, roll their […]
The owner of local pop-up Briel’s BBQ has been charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter and first-degree criminal mistreatment for a person in his care in August 2022. Trebriel Larry, 29, pleaded not guilty at his March 6 arraignment in Polk County Circuit Court in the death of Robert Andrew Toscas, 57, on Aug. 10, […]
May 10—TRAVERSE CITY — The owner of a downtown coffee shop pleaded no contest Friday to charges that he used a hidden camera to spy on women in a public restroom at his shop. Edward Witkowski, 49, stood with his defense attorney Michael Naughton as the plea was offered to the court, which then made […]
Summer is just getting started but Halloween is creeping around the corner sooner than you think. If you are a Halloween enthusiast, you may be doing your “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” song and dance now that pumpkins and fall decor are already starting to fill shelves in some retail locations. Terror 29’s […]