Miscellaneous

• Apex Day Care is Shut Down After Infant’s Death

  Pierce Egerton | November 06, 2009 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Every parent’s worst nightmare is that something bad will happen to their child when they aren’t there to protect them. That’s why the issue of day care negligence is such a hot...

• 5-Year-Old Severely Mauled in Attack by Five Rottweilers -- Time for Vicious Breed Law?

  Pierce Egerton | September 25, 2009 10:06 PM | 4 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A 5-year-old Surry County boy was severely injured near Pilot Mountain when five Rottweilers attacked him Friday afternoon at his home. The boy’s grandfather, Claude Childress, said he...

• Was South Carolina Serial Killer Shot to Death Near Gastonia, NC?

  Pierce Egerton | July 06, 2009 7:13 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Fox8 is reporting that a man matching the description of a suspected South Carolina serial killer was shot and killed in North Carolina this morning. The shooting occurred around 3:00 am.,...

• Raleigh Sewer Monster Slimes Way to International Stardom

  Pierce Egerton | July 07, 2009 1:17 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  It’s the YouTube video that launched a thousand refrains of “Ewwwwww, Gross!” The video taken by a remote camera in the sewer beneath Raleigh’s Cameron Village Shopping...

• 14-Year-Old Bicyclist Lured Out At 3 A.M. to Meet MySpace Girl Struck & Killed On Highway

  Pierce Egerton | July 12, 2009 7:47 PM | 15 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Winston-Salem police confirmed that 14-year-old Mark Zanzarella of Clemmons was killed Sunday morning while riding his bicycle on U.S. 311 near Union Cross Road. According to WXII, the accident...

• Michael Jackson, Painkillers, and Injury Victims: A Cautionary Tale

  Pierce Egerton | June 26, 2009 3:14 PM | 7 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Reports are emerging that Michael Jackson’s death may have involved overuse of prescription painkillers such as Demerol. It was widely reported that Michael first became addicted to...

• North Carolina man dies in boat accident at fishing tournament

  Dan Deuterman | July 24, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A fisherman from Reidsville, North Carolina, who was participating in the Lake Reidsville Catfish Tournament died when his boat collided with another boat early Sunday morning.According to news reports, Jeffery Morton, 33, of 120 Shannon Lane in Reidsville, suffered fatal head injuries. Morton was fishing in a bass boat being piloted by his roommate, William Morris. Another fisherman, Ray Witt...

• UPDATE: Police Confirm South Carolina Serial Killer Dead in NC Shootout

  Pierce Egerton | July 07, 2009 12:14 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Law Enforcement officials confirmed today that Patrick Tracy Burris, the man fatally shot near Gastonia, NC on Monday, was indeed responsible for the recent killing spree around Gaffney, South...

• Rush to judgment over Starbucks burn lawsuit

  Dan Deuterman | August 07, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The myth of the frivolous lawsuit continues.A radio commentator reporting on a lawsuit filed against Starbucks by a man who suffered third degree burns from coffee characterized the suit as "frivolous" without considering the facts of the case.The insurance companies and corporations have created the perception that most personal injury lawsuits are frivolous, and they use the McDonald's coffee...

• New Style Left Turn Signal In Concord Part Of Nationwide Study

  Pierce Egerton | July 12, 2009 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The N.C. Department of Transportation has installed a new four-head traffic signal at the intersection of N.C. 73 and Gold Hill Road (State Road 2408) in Concord. The North Carolina Department of...