Last year's deaths of 14 sugar factory workers in Georgia could have been prevented if manufacturer Imperial Sugar Co. had taken available steps to reduce the presence of sugar dust in its ...

No deaths were immediately reported, and there was no word on what caused the blast at the Imperial Sugar factory, officials said. As many as 100 people may have been injured in the blast.

CHEYENNE (AP) - Sugar beet growers in southeastern Wyoming and western Nebraska filed a lawsuit against Imperial Sugar alleging the Texas company reneged on a commitment to sell its Torrington ...

OSHA fined Imperial Sugar more than $8 million dollars for violations in the Port Wentworth factory, as well as the Gramercy, Louisiana location. Imperial Sugar settled, paying $6 million in fines, ...

Puma Development, a boutique Houston real estate firm, wants to repurpose some of Sugar Land’s namesake factory buildings into a walkable mixed-use district. The Imperial Sugar property’s ...

The Imperial ... Sugar Land is still a “company town,” Rodriguez said, serving as a major employment hub in the Houston region with more than 70,000 jobs. “While the factory is no longer ...