11/30/2008 News For: Chips TexasState briefs: Motorcyclist killed in Texas 114 crash is identified Motorcyclist killed in Texas 114 crash is ID’d IRVING — The Dallas medical examiner’s office has identified the motorcyclist killed early Friday in a wreck on Texas 114 as Christian Kay, 20, of Coppell. The crash was reported at 6:58 a.m. on eastbound Texas 114 near the intersection with O’Connor Road, a police dispatcher said. Only the left lane was passable until the wreckage was ... Hospitals feeling UTMB squeeze Budget cuts at the University of Texas Medical Branch and the closure of its emergency room has already been felt by Harris County’s two Level 1 trauma centers. Need for more trauma centers increases in area The need for more trauma centers is higher than ever as two Houston hospitals cope with an influx of trauma patients since Hurricane Ike caused major damage to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Law enforcement training to be held in Brownsville A 24-hour Texas Commission Officers Standard Education Training TCLOSE will be held Dec. 3-5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville East Campus, which is at 1 Ted Hunt Boulevard. Smith County JP Bill Lemmert Dies Friday Night At 55 Smith County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Judge Bill Lemmert has died at age 55. He died Friday night at East Texas Medical Center, according to James Cowart, Smith County Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace. List of UTMB faculty laid off A list of the 127 professors, associate professors and researchers let go by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Boy attacked by pit bulls in good condition NORTHEAST COUNTY – An 8-year-old Willis-area boy who was attacked by pit bull dogs on Wednesday is in good condition, according to Lisa Lagrone, operations administrator with Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston. |




