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Five members of the cast of the popular summer musical “Texas” were killed in an automobile accident on August 12, not far from Dumas, Texas, when the car they were driving blew through a stop sign and collided with a tractor-trailer near Dumas. Among the fatal victims of the accident were three West Texas…

Cookie Dough Recall: Peanut Allergy Danger Prompts Action. ConAgra Foods has announced an immediate recall of one type of Kroger brand chocolate chip cookie dough, because some peanut butter cup cookie dough was inadvertently mixed in with the chocolate chip cookie dough in some packages. Consuming this product could result in a serious or…

Cyclospora Outbreak Cause Unknown: Texas Hardest Hit Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to get reports of cyclospora infections, nearly two months after two related cases were reported in Iowa on June 28.  As of Aug. 22, at least 625 people have been infected by the parasite across 22 states….

A pickup truck carrying a loaded trailer lost control and crashed into a concrete pillar on the U.S. 59 frontage road on the afternoon of Monday, August 12, killing one of the three passengers in the truck and injuring two others. According to Houston police, the single vehicle crash occurred at about 12:15 p.m….

Texas Compounding Company Products Recalled:  Compounded Drug Recalled After Two Die The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall for all products produced by Cedar Park, Texas-based Specialty Compounding since May 9, after they received reports of bacterial infections that affected 17 patients at two hospitals in Corpus Christi. Two of those patients…

Dog Bites a Major Problem in Bexar County Every year, more than 5 million people are attacked by animals nationally, with most of those being dog bites. The severity of those bites range from minor cuts or abrasions, to extremely violent and vicious attacks that are serious enough to require hospitalization, rehabilitation and years…

 Recently, a Florida infant died after ingesting a laundry soap pod.  Apparently, he and his mother had checked into a battered women’s shelter.  The shelter gave the mother a laundry basket and some soap pods.  The baby was sleeping on the bed near the pods and the laundry basket.  The mother left the room…

Working in the heat is something that a lot of Texans are pretty much forced to do for much of the year. People who work to construct buildings and roads, those who do repair and maintenance, those who do landscaping or HVAC repair; there are a lot of workers out there who are forced…

Approximately 9 million people every year suffer from a food borne illness, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come out with a list of the 11 foods that are most likely to make you sick. It’s not that these foods aren’t healthy to eat; under most circumstances, they are nutritious…

Pipeline Accident Kills Worker:  Safety Procedures Needed Workers in the oil & gas industry in Texas have a difficult job, even under the best of circumstances. Under normal conditions, oilfield workers are constantly subjected to incredibly dangerous worksite conditions, including working on high platforms, and being exposed to intense heat or harmful chemicals. Given the…