Memorial Day News

Firefighter released from hospital

Chesapeake City government offices, courts, libraries and community centers will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 27.

Indiana drivers are puting the brakes on. According to a report from the Federal Highway Administration, Indiana motorists drove 336 million fewer miles in May 2008 compared with May 2007, a 5.3 percent ...

Crime Stoppers announced it is posting a $2,000 reward in connection with a 1990 Memorial Day slaying.

The number of miles Americans drove fell for the seventh consecutive month in May, the longest sustained slide since the late 1970s and the first annual decline since 1980.

Maine tourism officials are encouraged by sales tax revenue figures from May, which includes the Memorial Day weekend.

With a few exceptions, organizers of special events in Solvang will have to pay additional fees in the future, the City Council decided this week.

July 29, 2008 A Harlem teenager was arrested this weekend in connection with a Memorial Day shooting that left six people injured.

A Harlem teen was charged yesterday with attempted murder in a Memorial Day shooting spree that wounded six bystanders.

WASHINGTON - The number of miles driven on U.S. highways in May fell a record 3.7 percent, or by 9.6 billion, from last year because of soaring fuel costs, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.It was ...

Soaring gasoline prices and a weak economy combined in May to reduce the number of highway miles traveled during the month by a record 3.7%, the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday .

WASHINGTON - The number of miles driven on U.S. highways in May fell a record 3.7 percent, or by 9.6 billion, from last year because of soaring fuel costs, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.It was ...

WASHINGTON - The number of miles driven on U.S. highways in May fell a record 3.7 percent, or by 9.6 billion, from last year because of soaring fuel costs, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.It was ...

WASHINGTON - The number of miles driven on U.S. highways in May fell a record 3.7 percent, or by 9.6 billion, from last year because of soaring fuel costs, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.It was ...

WASHINGTON - The number of miles driven on U.S. highways in May fell a record 3.7 percent, or by 9.6 billion, from last year because of soaring fuel costs, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.It was ...

The national average retail price of U.S. gasoline fell below $4 a gallon for the first time in eight weeks, dropping 10.9 cents over the last week to an average $3.96, as more of the recent decline in crude ...

The soaring price of fuel and other strains on the U.S. economy have caused Americans to cut back sharply on driving, which jeopardizes the federal fund for building and repairing the country's highways.

The number of miles driven on U.S. highways in May fell a record 3.7%, or 9.6 billion, from last year because of soaring fuel costs, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.

CHEYENNE n Many Wyoming residents are vacationing closer to home because of high gasoline prices, state park officials say.

The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.

Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial Day-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded _ with a prod from the construction industry _ that having $9 billion less to spend on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost jobs.

Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents on diesel fuel.