by Staff Writer
10/23/2010 12:22:00 PM
A jury has ordered the Covington Housing Authority to pay $1.35 million to the family of murder victim Tammara Erica Reed, who was visiting a resident in the authority’s complex on Alcovy Road when she was killed in 2006.
The verdict came Oct. 15 after six hours of deliberation following a nearly five-day trial in Newton County Superior Court. Reed family attorney Andy Rogers said the money will go to Reed’s two sons, now ages 6 and 7.
The jury awarded $1.5 mill...
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by Staff Writer
10/18/2010 9:35:00 AM
People who are sick and worried trust their health care providers to help them and to do no harm. However, a recent investigation by the Indianapolis Star revealed that perhaps patients’ faith should not be blind. The investigation found licensed nurses who had previous criminal convictions that they failed to report to the licensing board, including a conviction for felony drunk driving and another for intimidation for waving a loaded gun at a driver.
Currently hospitals and nursin...
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by Staff Writer
10/13/2010 10:11:00 AM
Go to a party, drink excessively and take off at a run when the cops arrive. This could be a page out of any unofficial college handbook. However, times might be changing as the repercussions of students’ run-ins with the law are becoming more long-term. Students are now finding that relatively minor legal offenses they commit during their undergraduate years are no longer simple smudges on their records, they’re becoming nagging stains.
Mike Gambrel, a senior elementary educ...
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by Staff Writer
10/4/2010 11:20:00 AM
An article released by Mybackgroundcheck.com, a subsidiary of background-screening company Pre-employ.com, asks in bold heading, "Is there a killer on campus?" It's a dramatically posed question, but perhaps a fair one. The article lists several incidences of campus violence in the last few years, including University of Virginia student Yeardley Love, murdered by her ex-boyfriend and fellow student George Huguely in May.
After the murder, police discovered Huguely had a hi...
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by Staff Writer
10/4/2010 9:04:00 AM
Any individual looking for a new job can attest to the fact that it can be tempting to embellish components of their resume or conceal certain facts about their past, but the simple fact of the matter is that nearly every employer is making sure to verify the details of any applicant. The Society for Human Resource Management reports that almost every one of their professionals surveyed revealed that their companies participate in a program to check the background on each employee. While it ca...
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