Elizabeth Whitfield, of Anderson County, SC, called 911 to report her 10-month old son was having problems breathing.  Emergency crews arrived and took the mother and her two sons to a local hospital.  There, Jacob Whitfield, only 10 months old, was pronounced dead.  The mother was coated in chemicals from a bug fogger when she arrived at the hospital.  An investigation into the cause of the death led to...

Everyone inside a 1994 Honda Accord, traveling west on US-178, was killed when a 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck, traveling east on the same road collided with it.  The accident occurred around 4:20 pm last Tuesday in Orangeburg County, SC.  Investigators of the crash have determined that the driver of the Honda was not wearing a seatbelt, and was pronounced dead at the scene.  The other two passengers were transported...

A school bus with twenty-two elementary age students aboard slammed head on into a tree on Whitehaven Road in Grand Island, NY.  Although it is unconfirmed, it appears another vehicle may have failed to yield the right of way, perhaps causing the bus to veer into the tree.  The actual cause is still under investigation.  The female bus driver has been taken to the hospital, and one boy who suffered a cut...

A seven year old boy and his grandfather were hit by a vehicle in within the crosswalk at the intersection of Harriet and McCoy avenues near the Campbell’s Bucknall area.  The two were hit by a Ford Explorer, and were transported to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and treated for moderate injuries.  Parents are concerned about the crosswalk and intersection because there is an elementary school nearby. ...

Three college students were reported missing Sunday night.  The Dickinson State University softball players placed two frantic phone calls to friends in which they talked about water right before the line went dead.  The women drowned in a rural North Dakota farm pond where their Jeep sank, apparently after placing the calls Sunday night.  Dickinson Rural Fire Chief Curtis Lefor said that with the “panic...

Kelly Osbourne, daughter of famous rocker Ozzy Osbourne, was forced to dance the Paso Doble barefoot on Monday night after the buckle of her shoe got wedged into her foot.  Her partner in the dance routine, Louis Van Amstel, says that Kelly banged her foot on the floor at the end of the routine.  Kelly was taken to the hospital for X-rays and an MRI.  It is thought that she will recover just fine and be able...

In Phoenix Arizona, local police served a search warrant at Jeffrey Graybill ‘s apartment.  Graybill also had warrants out for multiple felony counts in Los Angeles.   The list of felonies included Graybill posing as a fertility doctor and posting ads on Craigslist for “semen donations.”  When a victim responded to his ad, Graybill allegedly would assault him.  Police have also been able to identify...

For almost three years, San Diego Gas and Electric has been involved in a law suit proclaiming they improperly removed pipes containing asbestos from a 16 acre area in Lemon Grove, just east of Encanto neighborhood, where there were more than nine miles of the underground gas pipelines. In July of this year, a jury convicted SDG&E of one count of making a false statement, and three criminal counts of removing...

If you are ever invited to a baby shower in Tampa, Florida, be sure these fire fighters are not the ones throwing it!  When one of their co-workers was unable to attend a baby shower, seven firemen from Fire Station 14 decided to teach him a lesson. It started out innocently enough, with the plan just to go and toilet paper his house, but when they arrived at his residence, they found that the front door was...

Seven people, including Alphonso Williams, have been charged in a fraud case involving Shreveport Community Development Department.  Williams has been charged with billing the city for work not performed.  He is accused of lying on both local and state contractor applications about his criminal past, and billing the city for incomplete work, or work never done at all, usually at the homes of elderly residents. After...