The July 14, 1904, issue recounted the story of an accident in a New Jersey steelworks. A plant employee was using a 20-lb sledge hammer to break a riser from a casting. During a swinging blow, the ...

MILLVILLE-- Newly elected Mayor Tim Shannon in his first time running a commission meeting wielded a sledge hammer rather than the requisite gavel. "You may be wondering why I have this three-pound ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Prosecutors have charged a 45-year-old Kansas City man who is accused of swinging a three-pound sledge hammer at police as they entered the house he was in. Jackson County ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Latrice Lacey, who has served as the director of the Davenport Civil Rights Commission for four years, attacked a man with a two-pound sledge hammer and was arrested on domestic ...