Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., which has a substantial presence in Hampton Roads, has been accused of employing a driver who was distracted from the road by a wireless device – a distraction…
Patients with type 2 diabetes run the risk of losing a limb to the disease. Patients taking Avandia–GlaxoSmithKline’s branded version of the medication rosiglitazone–also run the risk of…
It’s rare that an insider whistleblower risks all by admitting personal knowledge of alleged fraud on courts, obstruction of civil justice and conspiracy. But these and further serious…
USA TODAY had an interesting story Thursday about how driver’s education, on the wane in public schools for many years, is becoming more popular. A generation ago, driver’s ed was in…
I was alarmed to read that 11 members of the King’s Fork High School field hockey team got injured when their school bus ran off the road in Isle of Wight, Virginia (VA), on Monday night. I was…
A Franklin restaurant owner was killed when he was involved in a traffic accident in Suffolk around 1 a.m. Saturday. John K. Vann was driving in Suffolk at the intersection of Gates Road and…
AAA Mid-Atlantic believes the Virginia-Maryland-Washington D.C. region is going through what it calls an “alarming” increase in hit-and-run accidents, the Washington Post reported…
When you look up “responsible pilot” in the dictionary, Luther Knaub’s picture should be placed immediately next to the definition as a prime example. Luther, a resident of…
Exposure to Harmful Substances and Environments. Contact with Objects and Equipment. Transportation Incidents. These are the rather neutral categories the Virginia (VA) Department of Labor and…
Everyday, millions of drivers use America’s roadways in their vehicles. For the most part, we all assume that the other drivers around us will play by the rules and drive in a reasonable way….
Sunday’s Daily Press delivered the unwelcome news that the Chesapeake Bay and rivers and lakes throughout Virginia (VA) had already seen more accidents this year than during all of 2008. Worse, the…
Virginia’s year-old move over law may need strengthening or reinforcement. Monday, two state police cars were struck on the shoulder of Interstate 64 in Hampton. The two troopers, D.E. Jackson and…