On a blistering summer afternoon in Tucson, Arizona, nearly 11 years ago, a truck driver named Carl Koch stood near the back of his tanker as it was being filled with molten tar at an asphalt plant. Suddenly a hose connection broke loose, spraying him with hot, gooey liquid. Blobs of 300-degree tar hit Koch,
ABC News had an interesting article about the decline in the use of alarms as a means of fall prevention. The change is part of a nationwide movement to phase out personal alarms and other long-used fall prevention measures in favor of more proactive, preventative care. Without alarms, facilities need staff to better learn residents’
By: Mandy Gaither, Source: WYFF ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. —Former Anderson County Administrator Joey Preston has been ordered to repay more than $1.2 million that he earned after investing money in Ron Wilson’s Ponzi scheme, WYFF News 4 Investigates’ Mandy Gaither has learned. Wilson, a former Anderson County councilman, is serving time at a federal prison
By: Matt Richtel, Source: The NY Times. Roadway fatalities are soaring at a rate not seen in 50 years, resulting from crashes, collisions and other incidents caused by drivers. Just don’t call them accidents anymore. That is the position of a growing number of safety advocates, including grass-roots groups, federal officials and state and local
The News-Gazette had a very sick and disturbing article on how Channing J. Butler, an employee of Bickford Senior Living facility Bickford Cottage, was caught and arrested for soliciting others to have sex with female residents so that he could videotape them. Butler allegedly wanted the men to perform both oral and vaginal sex on
In a report on how lobbyists and legislators interact, Georgia reporters from Mass Report showcase how corrupt our political system is. They attempted to gain access to a private ALEC meeting where legislators’ attendance is subsidized by lobbyists and lobbyists have an equal vote at the table.
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