Online Vigil Honors Teen Facing Death

10/1/08 (Excerpts from this devastating story of an innocent young lady)Edith and Kevin Slack were preparing for their 16-year-old daughter to die last Friday. Diagnosed with leukemia just three months ago, Carli Slack's cancer was in remission when she contracted a deadly...

Woman files suit in facial fungi case

Excerpts from the story.A Wythe County woman who says she contracted a life-threatening infection from fungi spores in an industrial coolant is suing three corporations and their various subsidiaries for $750,000. Mary Beth Alderman, 22, of Wytheville filed her lawsuit in...

Mold forces family out of Bradley Beach home

John McBride's life these days is centered on help: giving it and getting it.McBride, 45, said he, his wife, Cynthia, and their three children — Samantha, 12, Jessica, 10, and John, 16 — were forced out of their rented home in Bradley Beach earlier this year because of a...

Former tenant, landlord spar over mold problem in building

The tenant saysVirginia Beach Roofing owner Michael Longman says mold in the building was making him and his employees sick and unable to work. In April, Longman hired a professional mold inspector. After taking air samples outside the building for comparison, the inspector...

New Albany probation office, home monitoring building shut down due to black ...

The emergency management offices in Floyd County have ordered a New Albany government building to shut down Thursday afternoon due to black mold.  Employees were sent home or re-located after the discovery. The building houses probation officers and does electronic...