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Chances are, if you or a loved one have never experienced a brain injury, then you probably have not put much thought into what happens when they occur. The simple answer is – everything changes. Not all traumatic brain injuries are alike. Our brains are what make us who we are, yet they are not as well understood as the…

We are learning of a crash that took place in North Braddock in early January that should leave all of us cautious when we are outside of our vehicles. A woman was trying to put gas in her Buick Terraza at around 7 p.m. on January 7. She had pulled her vehicle into the right lane of traffic on Route…

When Ami Demi was attacked by three German shepherds while she was working last August, the only thing she was focused on was getting away and getting to the hospital. She certainly did not anticipate the attack, which happened quickly. “I pulled up, beeped the horn,” she said. “The first dog came right at me. The dog ripped my calf…

The last thing you want to think about when you buy some candy for you and your family to eat is that you might be eating something that could cause you to get a disease. Unfortunately, that is a possibility. The FDA has said there is a recall for Bauer’s Candies Modjeskas because they may be contaminated with Hepatitis A.…

A woman from Penn Township was arrested last week after a hit-and-run incident that sent a man to the hospital. The man who was struck by Maria Ann Martini, 32, said that he was walking towards a restaurant when a green Honda struck him from behind. The woman got out of the car to see if he was okay but…

When a dog decides that it is going to attack a person, the results are rarely good. Even worse, children are especially vulnerable due to their size and inability to defend themselves. We are learning of a situation in nearby Duquesne in which a man intervened after he heard two children being attacked by dogs on the loose. “I realized…

A college student in Oakland (Pittsburgh) was struck by a Port Authority bus the other day as she was crossing the street. The area where she was struck is a busy intersection according to other students. The University of Pittsburgh student was taken to the hospital along with a passenger on the bus and the bus driver. Port Authority Police…

Here we go again. It seems like we are just getting back to normal with our food after the massive lettuce recall that affected us over Thanksgiving. Now we are learning about an entirely new recall of red lettuce, green leaf lettuce, and cauliflower. Guess what? This recall is coming from the same farm linked to the Thanksgiving lettuce outbreak.…

We know that the last thing anyone at the Washington Health Clinic Outpatient Center expected was that a vehicle would come crashing through on a calm day last June. Unfortunately, that is what happened when Chad Spence, 43, was behind the wheel and driving erratically. Police say that Spence, a person with a history of drunk driving, slammed into the…

We know that drinking and driving is something that should not happen. Unfortunately, it is still all too common across Pennsylvania. There were more than 128,188 vehicle crashes reported in the latest reporting year according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. How many of those were due to incidents involving alcohol? Police across Pennsylvania do what they can to keep…