What happened: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that Ford Motor Company is recalling 5,675 2013-model year Focus, C-Max and Escape models because of problems with their child locks. The recall involves 2013 Focus and C-Max vehicles built Nov. 16-21 in 2012, as well as 2013 Escape vehicles built Nov. 14-21 in…
What Happened: Theresa Oden was only 45 years old when she started having chest pains. Thanks to the quick referral of her primary care physician to a diagnostic unit she was able to get bypass surgery in time. She was out of surgery and doing well that very same day. Her cardiothoracic surgeon said she…
It is always a tragedy when an officer of the law dies, but when the officer dies due to a preventable accident the loss is even more tragic. Timothy Schock of the Chesapeake Police department survived the Marine Corps and years on the street only to be killed when two pieces of equipment on his…
As more and more young women are pursuing careers and higher education they are turning towards birth control to postpone having a family. 2.3 American women are currently taken oral contraceptives often called “the pill.” Modern medicine has created a number of different types of oral contraceptives that women can take and most are very safe and…
In a perfect world, all police officers would retire or leave the force on their own terms. But as we all know, it’s not a perfect world. On December, 20, 2011, the Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), Police Department lost a brave officer, Timothy Schock, during routine water search-and-rescue dive training. Members of the Chesapeake police dive team were conducting exercises…