Brandon Wissbaum

1 month ago | actionnews5.com | Sarah Jane Tribble |Holly Hacker |Owen Hornstein |Emily Featherston |Brandon Wissbaum

BRANCHLAND, West Virginia (InvestigateTV/KFF Health News) — Ada Carol Adkins lives with her two dogs in a trailer tucked into the timbers off Upper Mud River Road. “I’m comfortable here, but I’m having health issues,” said the 68-year-old, who retired from her job as a school cook several years ago after having a stroke. “Things are failing me.”Her trailer sits halfway up a ridge miles from town and the local health clinic. Her phone and internet are “wacky sometimes,” she said.

2 months ago | actionnews5.com | Sarah Jane Tribble |Holly Hacker |Owen Hornstein |Emily Featherston |Brandon Wissbaum

EUTAW, Alabama (InvestigateTV) — Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Walker, 65 and with chronic high blood pressure, was brought in by one of rural Greene County’s two working ambulances. Nurses checked his heart activity with a portable electrocardiogram machine, took X-rays, and tucked him into Room 122 with an IV pump pushing magnesium into his arm. “I feel better,” Walker said. Then: Beep. Beep. Beep.

Mar 17, 2025 | actionnews5.com | Brandon Wissbaum |Scotty Smith

(InvestigateTV) — For Brittany Bur, having her little sister Ashley Bur, 39, in their New Jersey home is both a relief and a heartbreak. A relief, because she’s by her side. “We can see her and we can oversee her care,” Brittany Bur said. It was heartbreaking because Brittany and their mother, Cynthia Rowberg, felt they had no choice but to bring Ashley home. “Have I given up on the system? Yes,” Cynthia Rowberg said. “Because there is no chain of command.

Jan 30, 2025 | weau.com | Joce Sterman |Emily Featherston |Jamie Grey |Brandon Wissbaum |Scotty Smith

(InvestigateTV) — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport makes for an easy commute for many members of Congress who have long championed adding new, direct flights from their home districts to the nation’s capital — including the route flown by the regional jet involved in Wednesday night’s crash.

Jan 30, 2025 | actionnews5.com | Joce Sterman |Emily Featherston |Jamie Grey |Brandon Wissbaum |Scotty Smith

(InvestigateTV) — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport makes for an easy commute for many members of Congress who have long championed adding new, direct flights from their home districts to the nation’s capital — including the route flown by the regional jet involved in Wednesday night’s crash.