Retraining

SOUTH BEND -- Driving to his company's Granger office one day, Niel Makielski noticed the telephone poles along the road seemed to be warping as he passed them. The chief of his company's small maintenance department and a "fix-it" guy all his life,...

Inwood Hills Estates assisted living facility is in trouble with state officials ... again. The facility is accused of repeatedly violating state standards regarding resident care, and is in jeopardy of losing its license as a result. According to a...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A safety inspector admitted he never tested a children's train ride that derailed over the weekend, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring dozens of others, state officials said Monday, and witnesses described the small engine...

PLYMOUTH -- Indiana Department of Child Services officials report that they found inadequate staffing levels for children at the psychiatric facility Michiana Behavioral Health on March 20, following up on issues raised by former employees about...

* Lawmakers eye legislation to help stem jump in assaults * Hagel open to 'all options' to deal with issue, spokesman says * Defense chief once backed keeping sex crimes within military system By David Alexander and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 15...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rash of scandals discrediting the U.S. military's efforts to stamp out sexual assault is putting unprecedented pressure on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to consider options that once appeared off limits to address sex crimes in...

A man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings described on Friday how he locked eyes with one of the bombing suspects minutes before the twin explosions took place near the finish line. “I was with my girlfriend’s roommates and...

50 years ago Fire guts Morgan's Cigar Store Petoskey firemen battled heavy smoke and flames from 10:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. to bring a fire under control at Morgan's Cigar Store on Michigan Street. Fire was confined to one portion of the pool and card room...

The second Eddie's of Roland Park store opened Sept. 22, 1992, so the store's 20th anniversary was actually last fall. But the store on North Charles Street is celebrating its 20th year officially April 13. "Spring is a nice time," owner Nancy Cohen...

 Brandon Lemer, the New Tec executive director, has resigned his position to take a job as the president and CEO of the North Dakota Make A Wish Foundation in Fargo, N.D.  His last day at New Tec is May 12.  Lemer had been at New Tec since October. He...

An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still have no choice, despite exceptions to the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration this month....

Nothing short of a miracle — or a sudden onset of rational behavior inside the Capital Beltway — is going to prevent mandatory, across-the-board federal spending cuts from going in effect Friday. It's also clear the public sector workforce...