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UPDATE: Owners To Rebuild Elevators After Craigmont Fire

UPDATE: Owners To Rebuild Elevators After Craigmont Fire
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
UPDATE: CRAIGMONT, Idaho (AP) - The owners of three grain elevators in the small northern Idaho town of Craigmont that were destroyed by fire say they intend to rebuild.    The structures were burned to the ground in a blaze that ignited Sunday in a garbanzo bean elevator. 

Grain Elevator Fire Causes Evacuations, School Cancellation And State Of Emergency In Craigmont

Grain Elevator Fire Causes Evacuations, School Cancellation And State Of Emergency In Craigmont
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th
CRAIGMONT, Idaho - A fire that broke out in a Garbanzo bean elevator was still burning, 16 hours after it first started. The fire broke out around 2:25 Sunday afternoon. It spread to four bean elevators before fire crews were able to contain the fire, but it could have spread to other elevators and

Key events in Pakistan's political history

Key events in Pakistan's political history
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th
By The Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - A chronology of key events in Pakistan's history: -Aug. 14, 1947: Pakistan is founded when British rule over the region ends and the Asian subcontinent is partitioned into Islamic Pakistan, divided into East and West, and predominantly Hindu India. -Sept

Per-student pre-K spending lowest in decade

Per-student pre-K spending lowest in decade
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th
By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The researchers also found that more than a half million

Per-student pre-K spending lowest in decade

Per-student pre-K spending lowest in decade
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th
By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The report also found that more than a half million of

Rivers crest across Midwest, but rain in forecast

Rivers crest across Midwest, but rain in forecast
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st
By JIM SUHR and JIM SALTERAssociated Press CLARKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Those fighting floods in several communities along the Mississippi River were mostly successful Sunday despite the onslaught of water, but an ominous forecast and the growing accumulation of snow in the upper Midwest tempered any

Floodwaters rising after storms deluge heartland

Floodwaters rising after storms deluge heartland
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Flood fighters from small Mississippi River hamlets to the suburbs of Chicago staged a feverish battle Friday to hold back raging rivers, after days of torrential rains soaked much of the Midwest. Mississippi River communities in Iowa,

Spring storm socks Midwest, Deep South; 3 dead

Spring storm socks Midwest, Deep South; 3 dead
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th
By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes and winds strong enough to peel the roofs from homes in the Deep South and heaped snow and ice on the Midwest, killing three people and leaving thousands without power as it moved up the East Coast on

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 2 dead

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 2 dead
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two deaths have been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 1 dead

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 1 dead
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency