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• Chantix-Wonder Drug Has Downside

  Jeanie Oliver | March 06, 2008 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Chantix, manufactured by Pfizer, was looked to by smokers as the answer to kicking a tough habit. It was approved by the FDA in 2006 as a drug to help people quit smoking. It acts in the parts of the brain affected by nicotine. Unfortunately, it appears that the dangers of the drug can't outweigh the positive chance to quit smoking.Investigators for the federal government are now researching...

• Toy Beads, Aqua Dots, Endanger Children

  Sach Oliver | November 15, 2007 7:23 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued another recall on a toy for children. The Spin Master Aqua Dots are covered by a toxic chemical coating, the government said last week. One of the first original cases that spurred panic and the recall of this toy involved 20-month old Jack Esses of Arkansas.The recall covers 4.2 million of the Aqua Dots Toys which consist of colored beads that...

• High School Student Killed in Wreck

  Ryan Scott | October 31, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Kurry L. Tindel, 18, of Brookland was killed in an accident about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, October 29, near the intersection of U.S. 49 and Jewel Drive when an F-150 truck crossed the centerline and stuck the vehicle driven by his mother Susan Tindel.Ryan Stevens, 25, of Jonesboro, was driving his 1983 Ford F-150 truck south on U.S. 49 when he crossed the centerline and struck a 2000 Chrysler...

• School Bus Accident in Valley View

  Shannon Weidemann | October 15, 2007 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  A school bus from Valley View was hit by a car on Thursday morning. The school bus accident happend in Jonesboro. The bus had 35 students on it. There were no seat belts on the bus. The accident occured at approximately 7:20 a.m. at or near the intersection of Craighead County Road 403 and Lawson Road, behind the old Walker's Catfish building, when the bus was struck by a car driven by a...

• Frank Bailey & Sach Oliver, Attorneys at Law

  Staff Writer | July 11, 2007 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Frank Bailey grew up on a farm in Marion County Arkansas. His hereford bull, Zato, won the grand prize at the Baxter County Fair in 1964. As a boy, Frank learned to split rails, course bees, and drive a tractor. Frank started fly fishing for brim when he was 10 and continues to fish when he gets a chance. After college, Frank was drafted into the Army. He was attached to the 101st Airborne...

• Underride: An Unknown Danger

  Paul Ford | January 16, 2009 12:16 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR

  As we drive the highways of our state and nation, we come into contact over and over again with a great danger....vehicle underride. I am referring to the danger posed by tractor-trailers by the...

• Can I Afford To Have An Attorney Represent Me?

  Frank Bailey | July 28, 2008 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Attorney’s contingent fee agreements have recently been under attack by large multinational corporations and the insurance industry. It is important that victims of personal injury understand why an...

• Are Cell Phones Dangerous?

  Drew Dixon | May 28, 2008 5:14 PM | 2 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  With more and more people talking on cell phones each day the question arises "What are the long term effects on the brain from cell phone use going to be?" Are brain tumors caused by cell phones just a myth or is there something to the doctors claims that using a cell phone increase one's risk of a Brain tumor.

• Hazards at Home-Cleaning Up Your Space

  Jeanie Oliver | May 22, 2008 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  For those of us approaching middle age, we have to wonder as we watch the nightly news: "What have we been exposed to in our lifetime?" More and more we are learning that all of the things around us...

• CPR-Don't Overthink It, Just Do It

  Jeanie Oliver | May 21, 2008 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Having a health condition that affects the mechanics of my heart has made me more aware of what would I do if the person sitting next to me fell over. You see I can identify with that paniced...