As the investigation continues into the recall of over 60 million cans and pouches of Menu Foods dog and cat food, answers to the cause of the contamination are beginning to surface. The latest news released is that the pet food may have been contaminated with rat poison, though there is no current
A salmonella outbreak in Kane County has been linked to cheese that was possibly illegally produced. The outbreak has made at least 20 people ill. The cheese that appears to be contaminated is Mexican-style white cheese that was being sold in Kane County. The cheese that seems to be effected is chee
A fire truck was found turned over on its side this morning and looked to have possibly collided with a school bus. The accident occurred on Chicago’s South Side near 59th Street and Princeton Avenue. There were injuries to some of the firefighters on the fire truck and to the bus driver, but luckil
A recall on dog and cat food is affecting pet’s throughout the nation. As posted yesterday, there are 40 brands of cat food and 51 brands of dog food that may have possible contamination. The food, if ingested, can cause kidney failure in the animals and lead to death. A Chicago woman, watched her 9
The former controller for Citadel hedge funds is no longer able to do his job. He suffered from a stroke in 2005, and because he was misdiagnosed in the emergency room at Evanston Northwestern Hospital, he was not given the medication that could have saved him from the debilitating affects of the st
The number of reported illness and deaths of cats and dogs from contaminated Menu Foods, Inc. pet food are increasing as the days pass. A recall was originally issued on March 17, 2007 by the FDA about the contaminated food. There are approximately 51 brands of dog food and 40 brands of cat food tha
The FDA has recalled certain types of Menu Food cat and dog food. The recall was released on March 17, 2007. The products that are affected by the recall are numerous and can be found on the Menu Foods, Inc. website. The contaminated food causes kidney failure in the animals and there have been ten
A Michigan man underwent gastric bypass surgery and died as a result of medical error. The doctor that performed the surgery on the man connected the wrong organs together, which resulted in the man’s death shortly after the surgery was complete. The man’s widow was awarded over $1 million as a resu
As previously reported, a five year old girl from the Maine Township area was removed from her home Tuesday evening after police found her suffering from serious head trauma. The girl has since died from her injuries, but the investigation is ongoing as to what caused her head trauma.The child was w
Three college students were killed in a car accident early Wednesday morning after their car hit a cement pillar on Lower Wacker Drive. Witnesses said that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed but there have been no reports yet determining the cause of the accident. It could be possible tha
A rollover car accident occurred Thursday morning on the Edens Expressway and caused some injuries but at this time it is reported that none of the injuries were serious. It took approximated half an hour to clear the accident at Touhy Avenue.There was no information on how the accident occurred or
A New York family lost their son to a train accident in June of 2005. The man was driving his car early in the morning on a sunny June day when his car collided with a train. He never saw or heard the train coming. The sun glare blinded him and made the oncoming train invisible.The family filed a wr