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Search teams recently found the body of a man who had been feared drowned in Dalewood Lake, near Meridian, Miss. Charles “Chip” Fleming, 42, of Kemper County, disappeared underwater early in the week while swimming with friends who were aboard a pontoon boat. Fleming was not wearing a life jacket. His body was recovered the following evening after a search that had to be suspended at times because of stormy weather. The Doan Law Firm P.C. has extensive experience in…

Senators Charles Grassley, D-Iowa, and Herbert Kohl, D-Wisconsin, have voiced concerns that nursing homes are over-prescribing antipsychotic drugs to control the behavior of senior patients, reports say. The Antipsychotic drugs, such as Clozaril, Abilify, and Seroquel – which are approved to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – have been used to treat dementia, not psychoses. The senators reportedly stated. The senators believe the government needs to do a better job of protecting nursing home residents from unnecessary drugs. They further…

Robert Lee Cameron Jr,, 43, was crossing the street in the 5800 block of North IH 35, when reports say a 2000 gold Nissan Maxima traveling southbound in the 5800 block of North IH 35. Struck him as he crossed IH 35 from west. Cameron was transported to University Medical Center at Brackenridge where hedied as a result of his injuries. Neither alcohol nor speed is not believed to be factors in this crash, and no charges are anticipated. But…

Just three weeks after a child nearly drowned at a South Carolina water park, another child was also rescued. Rescuers were called to Otter Creek Waterpark earlier this month after a two-year-old girl was found floating in the pool. The child, who was at the pool with a caregiver and a group of other children, was briefly left alone and the girl ran off to play in the shallow end of the pool with other kids. She went underwater and…

After leading Starr County authorities on a wild chase, a suspected smuggler jumped out of his car and into the river in an evident attempt to escape into Mexico. But he was exhausted and went under water. When he started calling for help, and Border Patrol agent jumped into the water to rescue him, where he was plucked from the river’s dangerous currents by a Border Patrol agent and a police officer. The suspect is now reportedly in custody and…