When the West Fertilizer Co. exploded in April, it leveled the facility and left a hole 93 feet deep, destroyed a school and a nursing home, damaged 150 buildings, killed 15 people and injured hundreds. But the federal government has failed to declare it a disaster.
With the help of the Port Arthur Police Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Better Business Bureau, a Dallas tax preparer has been indicted for fraud.
GALVESTON - The Clear Creek Independent School District alleges that Cotton Commercial USA engaged in deceptive trade practices when it was brought in to assist with post-Hurricane Ike cleanup, recent court documents say.
An aerial view of some of the coastal destruction caused by Hurricane Ike. The following is a report from Gov. Rick Perry of the recovery efforts in Texas due to Hurricane Ike:
For James Zadroga, the late night errand to fetch his 4 year-old daughter a drink should have been a simple one. But on this January night, Zadroga's tortured, scarred lungs finally gave out, four years after the 34-year-old former New York City police detective initially developed respiratory problems while working in the rubble of the World Trade Center after Sept. 11, 2001.
The clubhouse of the Palms at Pleasure Island Golf Course Since it opened in 2003, the Palms at Pleasure Island Golf Course has had to deal with erosion along the greens of the back nine and recurring problems with a series of course managers. Now one of the latest management companies is taking the city of Port Arthur to court over its contract to operate the 18-hole, 72-par course.
