For four hours on Friday, August 5, The Burlington Police Department conducted “Operation Slow Down.” The goal was enforcement of the 35 MPH speed limit on North Church St. near Friendly…
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Rail Division has made crossing safety improvements at an intersection in Kernersville. NCDOT updated the crossing signals and gates at the…
As a fifteen year old, driving around with my parents for 60 hours does not seem like an ideal way to spend my time. However, the new driving law requires that in order for you to receive your…
The deaths of children are always tragic and moving. So it is with the recent news from Danville, Virginia. On Wednesday a grand jury issued felony indictments for two women in connection with a…
There are new developments in the outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella that I wrote about yesterday. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service…
Yesterday the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a public health alert pertaining to an outbreak of Salmonella linked to ground turkey. The alert is particularly serious as the bacterial…
Going green is all the rage these days and science generally supports the trend. Because of that, farmers’ markets, organic grocery stores, food co-ops, and homegrown foods have spiked. Most…
People don’t like to be uncomfortable. Minor aches and pains and fever can make everyday living unpleasant. That is why many people turn to Naproxen sodium, an internal analgesic available in…
Parents often drive around with their young children in the car. Those parents also get into accidents while their young children are in the car. But what many parents don’t realize is that…
Hunters, trappers and anglers must have written permission from a landowner or leaseholder before hunting or fishing on privately-owned posted property according to a new law. Previously oral…
Pilot projects in Syracuse, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut, produced dramatic reductions in distracted driving. The projects measured the effect of increased law enforcement combined with…
North Carolina public health officials this week announced the season’s first confirmed case of the mosquito-borne illness La Crosse viral encephalitis (LAC). The patient – a child from…