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• Ground Beef Recalled Over E. Coli

  Shannon Weidemann | November 26, 2007 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A ground beef recall was announced today for over 96,000 pounds processed by American Food Groups, LLC. The ground beef may be contaminated with a strain of E. coli bacterium. E. coli can cause a severe illness with bloody diarrhea that may end in death. The ground beef products subject to recall were produced on Oct. 10 and were distributed to retail establishments and distributors in...

• Man Injured in Montgomery Car Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | November 23, 2007 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An unidentified man was hurt in a car accident on a Montgomery highway earlier today. He was driving a car on Interstate 370 in Montgomery County. He drove off the road and hit a tractor that was parked in the grass. The car struck a grass-cutting tractor, which was unoccupied, and caught fire, according to John McDonough, a spokesman for Maryland State Police. Grass and brush also caught...

• Tractor Trailer Drives Onto Pickup Truck in Alabama

  Shannon Weidemann | November 21, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man is amazed that he escaped serious injury in Alabama after his pickup truck was driven over by an 18-wheeler. The trucking accident happened on Route 65 on Monday. The man suffered some slight injuries. The driver of the 18-wheeler was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. Foro, 59, recalled seeing the windshield crack and the roof begin to crumple. Before he could...

• New Orleans Construction Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | November 18, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A construction worker from Amite was killed in a worksite accident in New Orleans on Wednesday. The worksite was near Loyola University and involved a dump truck and a front loader. According to police, the victim was operating a dump truck. He apparently parked and stepped away from the vehicle for a moment. Meanwhile, a nearby tractor began moving forward, trapping the victim between the...

• Berkeley Pedestrian Killed by Amtrak Train

  Shannon Weidemann | November 16, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man walking across some train tracks in Berkeley was killed by an Amtrak train. The train accident happened early this morning. The man was not using a marked crossing to cross the train tracks. The California Zephyr train was headed east and was near the Berkeley Amtrak station, located at University Avenue and Third Street, at 8:12 a.m. when the accident happened, said Amtrak...

• Lakeland Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 14, 2007 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 21-year-old man from Lakeland was killed in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday. The man collided with a semi-truck on a road in Polk County. At 11:20 p.m., a 2005 black Yamaha 600 sport motorcycle was traveling northbound on County Line Road just south of Interstate 4 in Lakeland when it struck the trailer of a 2000 white Kenworth tractor-trailer, the Sheriff's Office said. The truck was...

• Top Christmas Toy Aqua Dots Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | November 07, 2007 8:20 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A toy that was expected to be a huge hit at Christmas has been pulled from the shelves of stores because of a dangerous chemical. The recalled toy is Aqua Dots and it is coated with a chemical that can be hazardous if ingested. There were reports of two children falling ill after they swallowed the beads.The craft toy comes with small colorful beads or dots that are coated with a non-toxic...

• Panel to Increase Safety Regulation on Imports

  Jenny Albano | November 06, 2007 10:59 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The federal government has decided to increase safety regulation on imports after numerous recalls due to excess lead in products from China. The panel, which was created by President Bush to try and ensure product safety, gives several short-term and long-term goals for improving import safety and wants to allot the FDA more power.According to the panel, the FDA could require manufacturers and...

• Thomasville Man Killed in Trucking Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 05, 2007 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 24-year-old man from Thomasville was killed in a trucking accident on Highway 19 in Mississippi. He was driving a pickup truck and he was hit by an 18-wheeler. He died on the scene from his injuries. The 18-wheeler was based out of Montgomery. Shreds of rubber from at least three blown tires on the flat bed trailer were strewn along about 100 feet of the roadway. There also were shredded...

• Deadly staph infections on the rise

  Kimberly French | October 18, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  It's all over the news lately, and yesterday there was a staph infection death in Kern County, Virginia, prompting the entire school district to close. A student reportedly died from a staph infection that proved resistant to antibiotic treatments. The story on MSNBC.com reports that more than a third of the population may carry staphylococcus infection. MRSA is the deadliest variety of staph...