User loginNavigationSearch Our SiteRecent blog posts
CNHI LinksTools and GuidelinesBest of CNHI |
NewsFish packer blames federal rules for 70 layoffs120-foot community eyesore dismantled piece by piece100 Civil War flags at risk as war's sesquicentennial nearsCNHI News Service INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - More than 100 Civil War flags rest in a musty museum basement here, engaged in a battle against time and inattention. The flags, many of them stained with the blood of Indiana regiments, are deteriorating from decaying fabric and lack of adequate funds to restore them. "Every one of these flags has its own sacred story," said Brig. Gen. J. Steward Goodwin, executive director of the Indiana War Memorials Museum. "Every day we come to work to do something to preserve and protect those stories." U.S. team geared to win world's oldest 'Amazing Race'Missing manhole covers creates driving fearsCNHI News Service HAVERHILL, Mass. — Potholes can be a problem for motorists in the spring, but Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini had a much bigger worry: Someone was stealing manhole covers off the city’s streets. Police were on high alert after 14 covers were removed from city streets in the past several days. Fiorentini said stealing the covers is a dangerous crime because of the possible risk of injury to drivers. Police Capt. Alan Ratte, head of detectives, said investigators got right to work to cracking the missing manhole mystery. |
Send Us Your StoriesCNHI News Service features stories, photos, columns and editorials of widespread interest. Most have already appeared in CNHI newspapers or Web sites and are edited for a national audience. If you are a CNHI journalist with a story to share, please send it to us. Be sure to note Zope links to photographs that accompany your stories. Send stories by e-mail to newsCNHI@gmail.com. Have other questions about CNHI News Service or this site? Contact CNHI News Editor J.B. Bittner at jbbittner@cnhi.com. |