A Lexington, North Carolina couple was killed last Saturday morning in a traffic accident on N.C. 64 East. The victims of the two vehicle crash include: Grant Fredrick Smith, 66, of 173 John Beck Road, and his wife, Cynthia Hawks Smith, 67, who were killed when Grant Smith turned his Chrysler out into the path…
Reading the pregnancy warnings section of the Paxil drug label is a troubling experience. For starters, the antidepressant known generically as paroxetine produces heart defects in as many of 2 percent of babies whose mothers take the drug during the first trimester. Many women taking the drug to relieve depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder or posttraumatic…
Accomack and Northampton counties are not densely populated areas in Virginia (VA) but their accident statistics are staggeringly high. Both counties feature a fatality rate per 100,000 individuals that is higher than the national average, according to the National Highway Safety Administration. Why? Primarily because of Route 13. The lack of adequate medians and increased…
My colleague Jim Lewis recently wrote about the porous safety measures taken by truck companies with their vehicles in an article entitled “Safety Last: Thousands of Trucks on the Road Fail Basic Safety Standards.” What’s even more distressing is that trucking companies aren’t taking action. All the while, nearly 5,000 people were killed in 2007 due to trucking accidents….
Homeowners in Newport News, Virginia (VA) decided to unleash some of their unrest and dissatisfaction to the government and prominent homebuilder’s response to the toxic Chinese drywall predicament. These homeowners hung white sheets with red lettering indicating the home was built with the hazardous drywall, according to WVEC.com Ken Allen, the president of Atlantis Homes…