Crews were using four pumps to drain a retention pond behind a Wal-Mart in Wilson Thursday to look for evidence in a recent shooting case.

To Joan Homstad, releasing sump pump water onto her lawn was a waste of good rainwater. She had a better idea: Create a pond for wildlife. Homstad and her husband, Mark, laid down some construction ...

Emergency crews in Manatee County, Fla., are using pumps and vacuum trucks to drain a leaking wastewater reservoir in an effort to prevent a full-fledged breach that officials said could unleash a "20 ...