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• House Fires - Time Change Is Time to Change Smoke Alarm Batteries

  Mike Parker | October 31, 2008 10:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  At 2:00 a.m. Sunday, November 2, 2008, Daylight Savings Time ends. Remember to set your clock back 1 hour. However, now is a good time to change the batteries in your home's smoke...

• Seat belt may have saved a life

  Wanda Logan | October 28, 2008 11:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A 37-year old Robstown man died after he apparently lost control of his Dodge ram truck and veered off the road causing the truck to roll. He was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the...

• Chinese Products with Melamine Continue to Cause Deaths of Animals

  Wanda Logan | October 21, 2008 12:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Chinese products containing the chemical melamine continue to cause deaths of animals. It is believed that melamine is being added to products to artifically raise nitrogen levels which makes the...

• Early morning car accident takes life of passenger

  Wanda Logan | October 21, 2008 11:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An early morning car accident on October 12, 2008, took the life of 19-year old passenger Tray Lynn Dabney. The driver in the one-vehicle accident, Barbara Cox, was taken to Matagorda General...

• 1.6 Million Cribs Recalled by Delta Enterprises

  Robert W Soliz | October 21, 2008 10:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Two infant deaths causes a massive recall on cribs by Delta Enterprises. The deaths were caused by either missing safety pegs in the cribs. The cribs were sold over the last 10 years through the...

• Victoria County Texas Workplace Accident Kills Man

  Mike Parker | October 06, 2008 12:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, a man in his mid-20s was killed just south of Victoria, Texas at a grain silo. The man and two other workers were working inside the silo attempting to loosen up some...

• 18-wheeler Wreck in Tyler, Texas Kills 2

  Wanda Logan | October 01, 2008 11:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Six 18-wheelers and one car were involved in a horiffic accident in Tyler, Texas, killing two. An 18-wheeler crashed into the back of a car that had stopped to avoid hitting an overturned...