The U.S. Senate passed The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 in late June, with bipartisan support. The legislation was included in the “Honoring Our PACT Act” and was expected to be signed into law by now, but procedural issues delayed a planned vote. Now,…
County Commissioner From Johnston County North Carolina Arrested For Sex Crime With Minor According to WRAL, 73-year-old Richard D. Braswell was arrested and charged with indecent liberties with a child on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Braswell and the child knew each other for years as they attended…
Supply chain shortages are nearly always an inconvenience, but in some cases, they can be catastrophic. Millions of infants get their nutrition from baby formula — by some estimates, almost half of all babies born in the U.S. each year are fed formula. Only a…
A new House bill recently introduced by Representative Kevin Coleman (D) will allow individuals as young as 18 years old to work in the cannabis industry. Currently people must be at least 21 years of age or older to work in the cannabis industry regardless…
A life was tragically claimed in a major weekend crash in the Grapevine area along Interstate 5 in Kern County. The California Highway Patrol says the crash happened Sunday night around 9:45 p.m. on June 26, 2022. KGET-TV reported the accident occurred in the northbound…
As a teenager growing up in Natchitoches, I remember helping to prepare the gymnasium at the First United Methodist Church to house hurricane evacuees from south Louisiana. When storms passed, central and north Louisiana Methodists and other congregants mobilized to send mass quantities of disaster…
A New York couple has filed a new Exactech lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. They claim that after one of them was implanted with the Exactech Optetrak Comprehensive Total Knee System, he suffered from serious injuries. He…
Every year, $497 billion in goods are shipped to and from sites in Virginia, and 78 percent of those goods are carried by truck. An estimated 3.4 million trucks traveled on I-81 in 2008; by 2035, that interstate highway will handle more than 7 million…
As thoughts turn to summer vacation and North Carolina road trips, it’s essential to take a moment to think about how to stay safe while driving, especially when traveling around large trucks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released statistics that estimate fatal…
According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than 10,000 people are killed each year in car crashes caused by speeding. Statistics reveal more than 400 of those victims are killed right here in Virginia. At Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp, each…
