Miscellaneous

• Playing it Safe on Vacation

  Bob Hilliard | June 23, 2008 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Some quick tips about playing it safe on your next vacation.

• Texas Safety Lawyer Responds to Questions about Colin Holst Drowning on Safety Blog Spot

  Jesse Guerra | June 17, 2008 9:27 PM | 18 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  I would first like to reiterate my sympathies for this family at this tragic time.  As a parent of four children, I myself am fully aware of the risks that are present each day they leave the...

• Choosing the right Apartment-Things to keep in Mind

  Jesse Guerra | May 22, 2008 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Some things to keep in mind when looking for a place to live.  Is this a safe complex? Get a run sheet  on police activity for that apartment complex.  Have there been a number of violent crimes or...

• Summer Swim Season about to begin and Caution is necessary!

  Jesse Guerra | May 21, 2008 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  As summer approaches and school bells ring their last bell of the year the swimming season is here. While summer time brings memories of being in the outdoors and all that entails, parents and...

• Fire Destroys Several Texas Apartments

  Chrissie Cole | March 23, 2008 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A fire destroyed nearly a dozen apartments - ten units - at Hunter's Cove Complex, a northwest Houston apartment complex, Saturday. Building ten sustained the most fire damage.A firewall stopped the fire from spreading to half of the building, but the damaged half was engulfed by flames that quickly spread through the attic.Houston Fire Department pulled a third alarm when some firefighters were...

• Uranium Mine Pollution Near King Ranch

  Jesse Guerra | October 19, 2007 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  King Ranch family member Teo Saenz and other local residents have been trying for years to get Uranium Resources Inc. to clean up the heavy metals and radioactive materials created during their mining operation as required by their Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) permit without success.According to a website Toxic Texas, Teo and his neighbors live next to an underground...

• More Tests urged on Children's Cough and Cold Medicines

  Jesse Guerra | October 19, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Widely used cold and cough medicines have not been shown to work in anyone younger than 12 according to government health advisers. Advisers also urged that tests be conducted to determine the effects of these medications on children. In fact, Pediatricians pushing for greater restrictions told the Food and Drug Administration that the over-the-counter medications should not be given to...

• Two Men Burned in Victoria Industrial Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | September 14, 2007 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Two men working at the Aloe Industrial Park in Victoria suffered burn injuries when the railcar they were working in caught fire. The men were rescued from the fire by coworkers. One suffered second and third-degree burns over 95 percent of his body. He was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He is listed in critically stable condition. Lindenschmidt, a tall, thin man, said...

• Fisherman Killed in the Gulf of Mexico

  Shannon Weidemann | September 13, 2007 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A maritime accident in the Gulf of Mexico killed a fisherman at the end of August. The fishing boat was about 12 miles south of South Padre Island, Texas when the accident occurred. His body was recovered by the United States Coast Guard. It is believed the victim was doing maintenance work when a cable broke, struck him -- and he ended up tangled in the rigging.Another person on the boat...

• Family Injured in Corpus Christi Mobile Home Fire

  Shannon Weidemann | September 13, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A mobile home caught on fire in Corpus Christi and injured all four residents that were sleeping inside. It took fire rescue crews 40 minutes to put out the mobile home fire. All four people were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Three of them were in critical condition. Flames lurched from the threshold of the mobile home in the 500 block of Rosemary as firefighters arrived about...