Its summer time and many Virginia (VA) residents are enjoying the great weather by having cookouts by utilizing electric grills and other electric devices. However, these devices pose a risk for electrical fires. Cooking accounted for 31 percent of all residential structure fires in the Commonwealth, a 3 percent increase from 2007, according to a…
Trucks, both commercial and non-commercial, are involved in roughly 3 percent all accidents in the United States. This may seem like a small number, but that’s thousands of accidents each year where people are severely injured or killed. Truck accidents can, and should, decrease. The responsibility falls on both drivers of trucks and drivers in…
Former CEO for the Central Carolinas United Way, Gloria Pace King, is suing United Way for wrongful termination as well as Mac Everett, former acting CEO, for defamation of character. Gloria Pace King served as CEO for the Central Carolinas United Way for 14 years. During her term, she raised fundraising profits from $18.5 million…
A Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) man is in Presbyterian Main hospital recovering from electric shock injuries he received while on the job. Nelson Pozo, a 51 year old employee of AEP Industries in Stallings, North Carolina (NC) was working Saturday night when he was struck by 460 volts of electricity. When the Stallings Police Department…
Dozens of QVC employees have gathered around the plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (NC) in protest today after being turned away when reporting to work. A spokesperson for the QVC plant told reporters that the employees were under investigation after several employees withdrew hardship loans from their 401k. The employees have been placed on…