Photo by Alexis Marshall / Assistant News EditorContributions by Alexis Marshall / Assistant News Editor and Eric Goodwin / Assistant News EditorAmanda Tilghman moved into her dormitory room in Smith Hall last Friday, along with thousands of other incoming freshmen. Freshman year is full of new and exciting experiences, like meeting people outside of your social circles and slowly, but surely, figuring out your life. Whats not expected in freshman year adventures: tackling bedbugs. Bedbugs are small, dark-colored bugs that often live in a mattr

Bed bugs feed on blood of humans (Picture: DeAgostini/Getty)Sleep tight -Dont let the bed bugs bite.Bed bugs are a seriously disgusting and harmful infestation to have in your mattress.They are small, brown, oval-shaped insects that feed off the blood of animals and humans.Adult bed bugs are about the size of an apple seed, they have flat bodies meaning they can get into incredibly small spaces.Once a bed bug has fed, their bodies swell and have a reddish colour.Over their lifetime, female bed bugs lay hundreds of eggs, which are the size of a

WikipediaBarack Obama sending Hurricane Harvey victims blankets that were infested with bedbugs is fake news. There is no truth to a story that the former U.S. president sent aid to those in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey that was in the form of bedbug covered blankets.Where did this fake news originate? Americas Last Line of Defense published the story on Aug. 30, 2017, reporting that Obama had provided the infested blankets to those suffering from the devastation that was Hurricane Harvey. You can read the fake news below.On Saturday, it

Bed Bug Hotel and Apartment Reports. Click on the city below to find our latest bed bug reports in Vermont on hotels. To report a new bed bug incident, navigate to our city page below to see further details. Recommended tips after hotel check-in:1. Pick up the mattresses in the rooms and look under it. Check around the edges of the box springs.2. Check under the box spring.3. Lift up each headboard an lie it on the bed. Carefully inspect the hole where the headboard was lifted out of. A

New research from the University of Sydney shows that bed bugs are harder to kill because they may have developed a thicker skin, resistant to common insecticides. Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has more. Buzz60Closeup view of two bed bugs.(Photo: sahilu, Getty Images/iStockphoto)A Hudson County freeholder called for a solution to a serious bedbug problem at a Hoboken senior housing complex.Anthony Romano held a press conference outside of the Columbian Towers on Bloomfield Avenue on Monday asking for the city and county health department

A Saline County landlord is seeking guidance in connection with a bed bug infestation issue.Larry Mattison told the Saline County Commission that he has recently dealt with 3 or 4 tenants who have had bed bug infestations. He said that once the problem is known, it can be treated. But, if the problem is not known, and the tenant moves, the bed bugs will also move with the tenant from place to place.Mattison approached both the Saline County Health Department and the Citys Neighborhood Services and did not get answers that satisfied him in terms

BELPRE, Ohio (WTAP)- There has been an unwanted visitor in the Mid-Ohio Valley for some time now, which many residents are trying to get rid of.With concern about the invasion, exterminators in the area say they've gotten a lot of business recently; yet they say the spread continues.Experts say to check your mattress, box spring, couches and recliners for any black spots; that means bed bugs are there.Exterminators say the pests travel quickly however precautions can be taken to reduce the chances of spreading them.Exterminator and owner of Eas

They creep, they crawl, and they just might be in your hotel room.And worse, they could be coming home with you.Bedbug infestations can occur at any time, but experts say its wise to be extra wary of the critters during peak travel times like summer, for instance. Hiding in cracks and crevices, the bugs are good hitchhikers and could latch onto luggage and other belongings.Theyre not discriminating travelers, said Jim Fredericks, chief entomologist for the National Pest Management Association. They dont discriminate between a first-class resor

A new state law designed to battle bedbugs requires California landlords to provide tenants with written information about these blood-sucking, tenacious pests and how to report suspected infestations to the landlord.The disclosure requirement took effect for new tenants July 1 and will apply to existing tenants Jan. 1.The law also prevents landlords from showing or renting a vacant unit with an active infestation, and from retaliating against tenants who report bedbug problems. It does not require them to inspect rental units for bedbugs if th

Bedbugs are really tough. Just ask people working at the Erie County Rath Building.After spending nearly $4,000 as of August on pest control to battle bedbugs in the building with limited success, administrators escalated their war against the tiny and persistent parasites.Bedbug-sniffing dogs are expected to begin roaming the building. And a new policy requires all employees to take home clothing and other personal items that might be cluttering work spaces and floors. Employees who leave such things behind after this week risk having them thr

For more than two years, city inspectors have documented unsafe and squalid conditions at a weekly hotel near uptown that houses low-income families with children, the disabled and others with nowhere else to go.Inspectors found rooms with no heat or air conditioning, piles of garbage, bedbugs and broken windows among other problems at the Airport Parkway Inn and Suites. Former tenants and a neighboring business complain the building on Wilkinson Boulevard is a magnet for drugs and crime. Now, Charlotte officials are taking steps that could lea

Pest control company Orkin put out a list of where their crews performed the most bed bug treatments from December 2015 to November 2016. (FILE - WSYX/WTTE)Pest control experts said more people in the U.S. are affected by bed bugs than ever before and Ohio cities like Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati are at the top of the list for infestations.Pest control company Orkin put out a list of where their crews performed the most bed bug treatments from December 2015 to November 2016.Columbus is listed at number five in the nation, Cincinnati at nu

But in the coming weeks and months, dogs are expected to be used at the Rath Building downtown to sniff out bedbugs.Thats part of the new pest control policy implemented this week at the county building thats been battling bedbugs since late last year.The countys new rules for employees were sent out Wednesday, soon after it was determined that an employees belongings were infested with fleas and placed at the Raths loading dock with caution tape.The new rules include limiting items employees can bring into the building, including personal item

(File photo)PARMA, OhioParma Senior High School is being treated for bed bugs.A Parma City School District spokesman said the bugs, which were detected by a trained K-9, are in an isolated area of the school. That portion will be treated Thursday night by raising the temperature to eliminate the live bed bugs.The high school will remain open on Friday.Neither the isolation of the area nor the heating of the area interferes with education, the district said in a news release.The district has more information handling bed bugs in schools on its w