Broward Country Fair organizers have dropped plans to hold this year’s event in a Swap Shop parking lot after running into resistance from Lauderhill officials who thought it might overwhelm city services. With less than a month to go, fair…
Beetles used as ‘pest’ control
The tamarisk trees that line Lake Havasu on the shores of area beaches have been introduced to their enemy, and one Arizona Farm Bureau official is happy about it. The trees, also referred to as salt cedars, are not native…
Cockroach climbs City Council chambers as pest control commissioner testifies
Cockroaches are not an unfamiliar sight in Chicago’s aging City Hall, but one of substantial size had the nerve Thursday to scale the wall of the City Council chambers — just as the official ultimately in charge of pest extermination…
Venomous spiders force family to abandon home
Thousands of venomous spiders force family to abandon their $450K suburban St. Louis home WELDON SPRING, Mo. – A family was driven from their suburban St. Louis home by thousands of venomous spiders that fell from the ceiling and oozed…