Transportation Industry

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation’s midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel....

Danville’s looks have garnered some extra attention from the company that now puts towns on more than just its famous maps. Contestants in Rand McNally’s “Best of the Road Rally” competition will be in town next week to help...

Asbury Inn (on the campus of Asbury Theological Seminary) today announced that it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve...

(Family Features) Traveling for business isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of itchy polyester suits, chunky flip-phones and maps the size of Texas.  According to a national survey released by Hyatt Place, and conducted by Harris...

My wife and I were the only customers in the souvenir and gift shop, lone shoppers during an off-season in Daytona Beach, Fla. The lady at the cash register was kind but guarded, like the person checking your ID at airport security. But something about...

While clean-up along the railroad tracks in McKinney is proceeding steadily after last week’s derailment, there is no answer yet as to what happened to cause the derailment and federal authorities have said that the only explanation will come from...

LOUISVILLE (AP) — Three women described “as a true asset to the community” who were returning home to eastern Kentucky from a Southern excursion were killed along with the pilot when a twin-engine plane crashed in the North Carolina...

Bahamas: An American was shot and killed in an armed robbery in Nassau on May 17, bringing the island nation's murder count to 40 for this year. Police reports show that armed robbery is on the rise in the Bahamas. Since the beginning of 2013, several U....

HICKORY COUNTY, Mo. -- Hickory County, Missouri authorities say a pilot and his passenger died when their helicopter crashed in a rural area near Cross Timbers. 21-yearold Missouri State University student Catalina Richard died in the crash.  She...

ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 25 (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural southeastern Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar,...

There'll be some sun this Memorial Day weekend, but it won't be perfect beach weather, forecasters say. And there's even a chance of rain at the tail end of the three-day break. The National Weather Service said temperatures will reach the 70s in most...

Seven people were injured when two freight trains collided in rural southeastern Missouri early Saturday morning, causing a highway overpass to collapse, officials said. None of the injuries were life-threatening, Lisa Scherer, a dispatcher for the...