Archive for February 28, 2007

Alabama Officials Offer Cash to Homeowners in Path of Toxic Plume

As a 600-acre plume of toxic groundwater continues to spread across north-central Montgomery, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has offered to compensate some of the homeowners and commercial property owners caught in its path.

Homeless Man Sentenced to 19 Years for DUI Fatality

On Friday, a Santa Clara County judge sentenced Chevelle Bailey to 19 years in prison after plowing his Oldsmobile into a popular cyclist riding through the Palo Alto hills.

Young Mother Gets One Year for DUI and Child Neglect

In Bismarck, North Dakota, a 26-year-old woman has been sentenced to a year in jail after she was caught driving impaired with her infant son wedged behind the driver’s seat of her car.

Ohio’s Worst DUI Offender Sentenced to 16 ½ Years

A resident of Barberton, Ohio has been sentenced to 16 ½ years in state prison after being sentenced for his 19th and 20th drunk-driving offenses and numerous other traffic infractions.