Police arrested an Austin woman and charged her with driving while intoxicated after she was seen driving a Ford Explorer which was in flames on Interstate 35 early Saturday, according to an arrest affidavit. An officer stopped Kelsi Hatch, 25, as she drove south in the 800 block if I-35. Hatch has two previous DWI…
Read More >Lynda Mescher, the owner of a Spicewood horse camp, was indicted by a Burnet County grand jury Tuesday on manslaughter and injury to a child charges in connection with a January incident in which a pickup she was driving rolled over and killed an 11-year-old-girl. Mescher, 47, was carrying Brianna Plehn of Briarcliff along with…
Read More >I am sad to have learned of the passing of the Honorable Judge Scott Ozmun on Friday. Judge Ozmun presided over the 353rd District Court and will be remembered for his intelligence and compassion.
Read More >A McAllen cardiologist who sent medical assistants and untrained employees around South Texas in a recreational vehicle to offer “free” diagnoses and treatment – only to later bill the federal government – has pleaded guilty to health care fraud. Dr. Fabian Aurignac billed the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs thousands of dollars for services unlicensed…
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A question I sometimes am asked by people who were injured in an accident is whether the injured person can settle the claim on their own. Of course, you don’t need a lawyer to settle your claim, just like you don’t need a lawyer to file a lawsuit or defend against one. The real question…
Read More >A man was killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision on Monday on Texas 195 about a half mile north of Florence, said Tom Vinger, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Rodrigo Enriquez, 47, of Killeen died in the 5:30 a.m. crash on the two-lane road, Vinger said. Louis…
Read More >A man died and three other people were injured Friday night after a pickup hauling a 1998 utility trailer hit a car and then collided head-on with an SUV, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said. The crash occured near the intersection of Texas 80 and FM 20, which is southeast of San Marcos at…
Read More >One man was killed and three people were injured in a head-on collision Tuesday night on Texas 71 in Travis County, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported Wednesday. The collision occured about 9 p.m. in the 9400 block of Texas 71 near Old Bee Cave Road. A dispatcher with DPS said a 2000 Mitsubishi…
Read More >A growing number of hospital patients are routinely given drugs to prevent acid reflux. But according to a new study, patients who take these so-called proton pump inhibitors are at higher risk for pneumonia than those who do not. The drugs — including Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid — are often recommended for intensive-care patients to…
Read More >This is off topic, but a friend just sent me this info which shows our government at work: Among farmers eligible for subsidies, just 10 percent of recipients collect 73 percent of the subsidies—an average of $91,000 per farm. (See Chart 3.) By contrast, the average subsidy granted to the bottom 80 percent of recipients…
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