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Land’s End Issues Children’s Clothing Recall for Sleepwear Wisconsin-based clothing company Land’s End has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 173,000 of their children’s pajamas and robes because they do not meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear. Because of this, the clothing poses a potential risk of the child receiving burn injuries. In…

Over-height Truck Causes Texas Bridge Collapse The Texas Department of Public Safety was forced to shut down Interstate 35 in both directions near Salado for most of the day Thursday, after a bridge collapsed onto the highway, killing at least one person and injuring three others. The bridge didn’t just collapse; it had help. A…

Target Anti-theft Employee Files Texas Wage Theft Suit Recently, a former employee of Target Corporation, who once worked in the company’s anti-theft division, filed a collective action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, in which he claimed the company violated the overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards…

Late Wednesday night, March 18, three teenagers were injured when the pickup they were driving slammed into a home in The Colony, a community 30 miles north of Dallas late Wednesday. The accident occurred at a little before midnight near the intersection of Blair Oaks Drive and Merrell Lane, with the pickup stopping less than two yards…

Metal Pieces Lead to Kraft Mac and Cheese Recall One of the most popular foods in the world comes in those familiar blue boxes containing Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. However, there may be a problem in some of those little boxes. Yesterday The Kraft Food Group, Inc. issued a voluntary recall of some of these…

Toyota Motor Corporation announced yesterday that it will issue a voluntary recall of about 110,000 of its most popular vehicle models because of a defect that could potentially shut down the vehicle’s power steering assist.  At the same time, they announced a second recall of about 2,500 of its electric vehicles because of a…

Defective Power Steering Triggers Hyundai Recall Earlier this week, Hyundai issued a voluntary recall of more than 263,000 vehicles because of a potential problem with the power steering that could increase the risk of a crash. According to documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), this recall covers Elantra sedans from model…

At about 5:15 p.m. Monday evening, an accident between a utility truck and a San Marcos CISD school bus sent more than a dozen people to a San Marcos, Texas hospital. This accident demonstrates just how important it is for a driver to stop when they see a school bus flashing its lights, and to avoid…

This past week, among the more popular attractions in the Student Activities Center at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa has been an educational setup designed to teach students the dangers of driving drunk and texting while driving. The most popular attractions were two simulators; one designed to simulate a…

Restaurant Closes for a Week Due to a Texas Salmonella Outbreak According to reports from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), the X10 Woodfire Steakhouse Restaurant in Dalhart, Texas was voluntarily closed earlier this month, when more than 30 people became sick due to infections brought on by Salmonella contamination in Dalhart, with…