Published: February 21, 2009
The Rockingham County Department of Public Health will offer free flu vaccinations through the end of the month. The vaccinations are being offered in response to the recent widespread flu activity throughout the state.
“Normally, flu does peak during the month of February,“ said Glenn Martin, director of the Rockingham County Department of Public Health. “It’s been relatively mild until we Read the rest of this entry »
The Times reported Saturday that Beasley — whose name became public when he appealed his initial termination — was hired by county officials a decade ago despite disclosing his convictions for rape.
Beasley pleaded no contest to raping two women under color of authority while on duty and in uniform as an LAPD officer in the early 1990s. His actions cost the city of Los Angeles $290,000 in civil settlements for his victims.
Beasley’s initial Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: Monday, Feb 9th, 2009
LA JARA Conejos County residents are invited to come and find out their risk for heart disease at the Love Your Sweet Heart, Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease family health fair. The health fair is Saturday, Feb. 14 (Valentines Day) from 7 a.m.- 12 p.m. noon at the La Jara Elementary School.
Free screenings will be offered, and include cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI) and Read the rest of this entry »
to build a proposed $151 million hospital in Olive Branch, Miss. has been introduced in the Mississippi Legislature and is making its way through the committee system.
Mississippi state Sen. Merle Flowers (R-Southaven) is the bill’s sponsor and he introduced it when the legislature convened earlier this month. The bill has passed the Senate’s Public Health and Welfare Committee and has been referred to the Appropriations Committee. Read the rest of this entry »
The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department tactical narcotics team arrested 106 people and seized $5.5 million worth of drugs last year, the department announced.
Most of the drugs were seized at one time when detectives grabbed 33 pounds of cocaine worth $4.5 million and arrested five people at a home in Aurora that police said was a distribution point for large cocaine sales in Kane and DuPage Counties.
In all last year, the task force confiscated Read the rest of this entry »
January 12, 2009 08:59 am
Who says eating corndogs three meals a day isn’t “nutritionally adequate?” You got your two food groups — bread and meat — right there on a handy stick. Slap a little ketchup on it, and you’ve got your veggie serving for the day.
Y’all, I could have saved all that money I just spent on NutriSystem — it would have been much cheaper to go on the Morgan County Jail Weight Read the rest of this entry »
GARDEN GROVE, CA –
In celebration of community leaders who
lend support for children’s oral health, Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange
County will present “Your Smile Matters: An Evening Honoring Leaders in
Oral Health,” with generous funding by Diamond Level sponsor Wanda Claro,
DDS, of Irvine Orthodontics. An anticipated 200 community leaders will hear
the Fullerton College Student Jazz Quartet perform while dining at the
Anaheim White House, a Read the rest of this entry »
Even as controversy rages over a series of incidents in which local prosecutors appear to have withheld evidence, Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr has adopted a combative response that appears to strain her campaign vow to end a “win at all costs” office culture.
Carr responded to outside criticisms of prosecutors’ conduct, including state disciplinary attention, by assuring a gathering of county prosecutors last week that none Read the rest of this entry »
Published: December 26, 2008
The rates that Amherst County charges for emergency medical transports have increased for the first time in nearly six years.
Higher fuel costs and the need for more career personnel at the Pedlar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad sparked the additional expenses. The Board of Supervisors approved the rate changes last week.
The rate for basic life support transports jumped from $300 to $350 — those Read the rest of this entry »
last updated: January 28, 2009 06:02:43 AM
Merced County sheriff’s officials arrested five people and seized drugs, guns and cash while serving search warrants at four Delhi homes Tuesday morning as part of a narcotics trafficking investigation. Members of the Sheriff’s Tactical and Reconnaissance team arrested Eduardo Valle Mariscal, 19; Reyna Mariscal, 50; Jorge Valle, 23; Griselda Barajas, 28; and Alberto Moreno, 24, said deputy Tom MacKenzie, Read the rest of this entry »