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A Menard Correctional Center inmate, serving a 70-year murder sentence, has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors and the prison's medical service provider.He claims, had a growth on his larynx been properly diagnosed, he would not have had to undergo two unnecessary lymph node biopsy surgeries that have left him suffering with permanent nerve damage.Last year he voluntarily...

A Freeport family was injured in a car accident when the car they were traveling in struck an embankment, causing them to land in a creek.Three people were in the vehicle when the accident occurred. A man, 64, woman, 63 and a child, 3, were traveling north on Illinois 40 next to Duden Road when their vehicle crossed over the southbound lane and landed in a ditch on the west side, according to a...

Pier 1 Imports has announced a product recall of 180,000 red and orange glassware pieces. The glassware can crack or break, posing a laceration threat to consumers.Seventeen incidents of glassware braking or cracking has been reported to Pier 1 Imports. One injury inloved a minor cut from the broken glass.The recall includes large and goblets, small tumblers and margaritas. The bottom part of...

In a dividend that reflects an improved financial picture, Illinois's largest medical malpractice insurer is planning to reimburse $18.4 to policyholders for a more secure liability environment for doctors.ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. also says they will leave premium rates unchanged for the new policy year which starts on July 1. Premiums paid by doctors to ISMIE and other insurers spiked in 2002...

A pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter suffered injuries in a two-vehicle car accident, in Lincoln, at the intersection of Clinton and Hamilton Street.The Mom, 25, was being treated in the emergency room at St. John's Hospital in Springfield while her daughter was being treated and released. Police believe the mother was taken to St. John's as a precatuion, because she is two months...

Federal Testing of the recalled pet foods found a chemical used to make plastics but did not confirm presence of rat poison. The recall expanded Friday to include the first of dry pet food.The FDA said Friday that melamine was found in samples of the Menu Foods involved in the original recall last week and in imported wheat gluten used to make wet-style pet foods. Cornell University scientist...

Menu Foods is recalling approximately $30 million dollars worth of cat and dog food. The precautionary pet food recall includes brands that sold under 37 different cat food lables and 46 different dog food labels. Included are national pet food names such as Iams, Eukanuba and Nutro.To tell if you have any recalled pet food in your posession, look on the bottom of the can or pouch and locate the...

The Illinois State Police are investigating an early morning car accident that took place on U.S. 34, less than a mile east of Carman Road. While little details are available, Police report, two people are in the hospital and the accident involved a car and a tractor trailer. Condtions of the drivers are not available at this time.

Three years after his wife died of a heart attack, a widower and a pharmaceutical giant are ready to square off in the courtroom over whether the former painkiller Vioxx was linked to the death of his wife. In the first Midwest trial regarding the arthritis medication, jury selection is to start in a trial to decide if Merck and Co. negligently failed to adequately warn of Vioxx's potential...

Three people are dead after their car was hit by a freight train in Southern Illinois yesterday.The car was in the railroad crossing and the 42-car train was unable to stop in time, says a railroad spokesman.The car was dragged approximately half a mile. Further details of the accident are forthcoming.