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• Voluntary Recall of Play Yards After Infant Dies

  Pete Strom | September 27, 2007 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  After the death of a 10-month old boy, Kolcraft Enterprises is voluntarily recalling approximately 425,000 infant play yards. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that a 10-month old infant was strangled on the changing table's strap that was hanging down into a Kolcraft's "Sesame Beginnings" Travel Play Yard.The recall affects twelve Kolcraft play yards, all of which have raised...

• Fatal Car Accident on I-77 Kills 2

  Pete Strom | September 13, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  2 Sumter men were killed earlier this week in a fatal car crash on I-77 in Fairfield County. The South Carolina Highway Patrol identified those who died at the scene as 66 year old Charles Ryles Senior and 32-year-old Leonel Garfia Servin.Investigators say the 1999 Chevy truck ran off the road and into the median before overturning.Neither man was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident...

• Church Van Accident on 1-20 Leaves 1 Dead, 1 in ICU

  Pete Strom | September 13, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A church passenger van overturned in Lee County in South Carolina Sunday evening leaving 1 dead and 3 hospitalized. According to Highway Patrol Officers, the driver lost control after a rear tire on the van blew out. As the driver tried to steady the van, Investigators say another tire blew out.38-year-old Jacqueline M. Moore of Columbia died Sunday while receiving treatment at Carolina Pines...

• Mattel Announces 3rd Recall in a Month

  Pete Strom | September 06, 2007 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Mattel and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced its third recall in a less than a month late Tuesday. The company is recalling more than 800,000 Chinese-made toys that contain excess lead paint.Most of the recalled toys include Barbie accessories that were manufacturing beginning September 30, 2006. Other recalled toys include Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys made by the...

• Troopers Have a New Goal: Lower Fatalities

  Pete Strom | September 06, 2007 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  South Carolina state troopers are hitting the roads in the Midlands in an effort to reduce fatalities in those areas. Teams of troopers in the area are focusing only on stopping speeders and drunk drivers, in response to rising traffic death rates.During the first six months of 2007, seventy people died in Richland, Lexington, and Kershaw counties, a statistic that includes eleven more deaths...

• Egyptian College Students Arrested in South Carolina Indicted on Terrorism Charges

  Pete Strom | September 06, 2007 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The two Egyptian college students who were charged with having a pipe bomb in South Carolina just under a month ago have been indicted on terrorism charges.Both face indictments for carrying explosive materials across state lines, which carries a 10-year prison sentence. Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24, also faces terrorism charges for teaching and demonstrating how to use the explosives in...

• Avandia and Actos to Contain "Black Box" Warning Labels(2)

  Pete Strom | August 17, 2007 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Health officials announced this week that the diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will contain "black box" warnings. "Black box" warnings are the most severe warnings that a prescription drug can receive.The new warnings will alert consumers that the drugs may cause or worsen heart problems and that patients should be carefully monitored. The new warnings come just weeks after the Food and Drug...

• Students Charged with having Pipe Bombs, Investigation Underway

  Pete Strom | August 07, 2007 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  2 University of South Florida Students were arrested Saturday near a Navy base outside of Charleston, SC for possession of an explosive device. Criminal charges were entered against Ahmed Abda Sherf Mohamed and Yousef Samir Megahed Monday for carrying explosive devices, a felony charge that carries up to 15 years. State and federal investigators are looking into the situation, but have found...

• 4 Dead and Many Missing after Minnesota Bridge Collapses

  Pete Strom | August 02, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A major bridge located just blocks from the heart of Minneapolis collapsed during bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic Wednesday evening. Interstate 35W was an eight-lane bridge built over 40-years ago and recently received a "structurally deficient" rating, according to reports.Two lanes in each direction were closed due to construction when the bridge collapsed, and 18 construction workers fell...

• 2 Children Found Dead, Mother Charged with Homicide

  Pete Strom | August 02, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Police in Hanahan, South Carolina found 2 dead toddlers Monday night after responding to a disturbance call. Their mother is now facing criminal charges. 27-year-old Semetta Heyward has been charged with two counts of homicide by child abuse by Hanahan police.Police responded to a disturbance call and found Heyward yelling and crying, "Oh, my babies," according to an incident report. ...