A teenager was transported to Cabell Huntington Hospital Sunday afternoon after she was struck by a Ford Mustang at 9th Avenue and 5th Street.
The accident happened about 3:40 p.m.
According to Terusha Rowans, a Kenova resident who stopped at the red light where the incident occurred, a female was struck by vehicle as it made a left turn onto 5th Street. She said the car on the opposite side of the light on 9th Avenue had waved a group of kids Read the rest of this entry »

Staying healthy is like baking a perfect cookie. All you need are the right ingredients.
All too often, though, people tackle getting healthy by doing too much at once. That never works!
What does work is making small changes slowly over time. Those are the changes that have the best staying power. Those are the changes that help us unlearn not so healthy ways and reinforce better, healthier ways. I call this approach “Small Change, Big Results” Read the rest of this entry »

It’s not ‘glorious, delightful and touching’ as the production notes say, but it is entertainingly bitchy.
The claws were out in the opening half. I half expected Zoe Tay to burst forth to battle Fann in the epic catfight we all have been waiting for. Maybe in a sequel.
The humour works, despite some uneven directing, because it’s fun watching Chris and Fann take the mickey out of themselves, their marriage, the artiste management system and, Read the rest of this entry »

At least 30 people were killed when fire engulfed homes in a shanty town in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, local officials say.
The blaze happened late on Thursday in a northern suburb of the city.
Many of those killed were asleep at the time of the fire and struggled to get out, Pakistan’s APP news agency says. At least 20 others were injured.
The fire broke out after a power line fell on to the roof of a hut, local media reports say.
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Nov 22, 2008 (Statesville Record & Landmark – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –
— Celeste Henkel Elementary School students couldn’t wait to hit the trail.
As soon as the ribbon was cut Friday for the school’s new fitness trail, they immediately ran toward the equipment, leaving little footprints in the rock dust.
The school was awarded a $22,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation to fund the construction Read the rest of this entry »

BEIJING (Reuters) – A woman suspected of being infected with bird flu has died in Beijing, the local health bureau said on Tuesday of what would be the first bird flu death in the country in almost a year.
The woman died on Monday. Her age was not known, Xinhua news agency said. There were no other details.
“The report is true, but there are no details so far,” said Zhang Jianshu, a spokesman with the publicity office of the Beijing Health Bureau, Read the rest of this entry »

Larger companies nationwide continue to experiment with becoming self-insured, but Minnesota firms may be losing interest in the option, according to a report released Tuesday.
, a health market data company in Nashville, Tenn., said in its fall Minnesota Health Plan Analysis that self-insured membership among the largest insurers in the state decreased from 2007 to 2008, possibly because insurers in Minnesota are required by law to operate as nonprofits.
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to house patients with severe mental illness, the
reported Sunday.
has allocated $420,000 to renovate a 5,500-square-foot building on the campus that had formerly been occupied by Vitas hospice, according to the story.
The facility will care for patients who don’t need inpatient care, but are not ready to live on their own, the
said. Butler County formerly paid a Hamilton County nursing home to house those patients.
The facility is Read the rest of this entry »

Fitness-minded night owls can now sweat even longer, as Dillon Gym has extended the hours of Stephens Fitness Center. Stephens now closes at 12:45 a.m. Sunday through Friday, an hour later than it has in the past.
The extended hours will make the fitness center more amenable to all users’ schedules, former USG president Josh Weinstein ’09 said.
“The added hour from Sunday to Friday is incredible news because it will make exercise Read the rest of this entry »

WellnessPlus is a wellness program for the employees of BankPlus.
WellnessPlus seeks to improve the lives of BankPlus employees by
promoting physical activity, healthy eating, disease prevention, and
other healthy habits. This program presents an opportunity to impact the
personal health of Mississippians, ultimately leading to a better
Mississippi. The mission and purpose of WellnessPlus is to promote
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