- Chrissie Cole | August 29, 2009 2:41 AM | Indianapolis, IN
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
Two people were injured when a school bus driver failed to stop for stopped traffic ahead, setting off a chain reaction crash.
The bus crash happened just after 7:00 a.m. on 161st Street, west...
- Chrissie Cole | December 17, 2008 9:03 AM | Indianapolis, IN
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
A school bus carrying 53 middle and high school students collided with a vehicle on Wednesday morning, landing on its side in a central Indiana farm, due to icy road conditions, the sheriff...
- Fred Schultz | December 05, 2008 5:13 PM | Bloomington, IN
Category:
Miscellaneous
We've all heard and read about the sexual abuse lawsuits that have been filed against Catholic Church Clergy over the years. A new one was filed this week in Lake County against the Gary Diacese.
- Chrissie Cole | September 28, 2008 12:17 PM | Indianapolis, IN
Category:
Automobile Accidents
A horrific bus accident outside of Logansport claimed the lives of four special needs students. The bus, out of Monticello’s Twin Lakes School Corporation, was transporting four elementary students...
- Fred Schultz | August 11, 2008 4:37 PM | Bloomington, IN
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
There have been a recent string of bus crashes on our nation's highways causing serious injuries that are very troubling. Most recently, twenty people were injured when a bus veered off the road...
- Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 12:51 PM | Bloomington, IN
Category:
Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
A nursing home operator that has facilities in Illinois and Indiana is once again facing neglect charges. The suit involves a case of an 83-year-old patient whose leg was amputated, allegedly because the nursing home staff continually didn't feed her. A lawsuit has been filed in Cook County Circuit Court by a woman on behalf of her mother, accusing the South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation...
- Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 1:18 AM | Bloomington, IN
Category:
Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
The maximum fine allowed by law, $100,000, has been fined to a Sacramento nursing home in the death of 84-year-old resident, said state officials on Friday.An investigation by the Department of Health Services has concluded that poor care of the man by the Arden Rehabilitation and Health center lead to his death on July 13, 2005, said Dr. Mark Horton. The coroner's report said the causes of...
- Christina Cole | January 10, 2007 9:53 PM | Bloomington, IN
Category:
Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
An 81-year-old woman says she was the victim of neglect and abuse during her two month stay at Chicago Heights nursing home.In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Rose Capriotti alleges she fell on her head and suffered from numerous bedsores while recovering from a stroke at the Prairie Manor Nursing home and Rehabilitation Center. Prairie Manor is operated by Care Centers Inc and operates 26 centers...
- Christina Cole | January 04, 2007 1:13 PM | Bloomington, IN
Category:
Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
A federal agency is fining a northern New York nursing home for a number of violations.Officials at the Lewis County General Hospital's nursing home say they are now working to fix the deficiencies that were cited in an inspection report last month. In a report from November, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services came to the conclusion that officials at the county-owned facility...