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• Getting ready for Gustav

  Wendi Lewis | August 28, 2008 3:58 PM | 2 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  There's an unwelcome guest heading to the Gulf Coast this Labor Day holiday weekend, as Hurricane Gustav makes tracks past Jamaica and into the Gulf of Mexico. He's just a tropical storm right now,...

• Man Killed in Montgomery Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 29, 2008 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 33-year-old man was killed in a car accident on Friday. The accident happened in Montgomery on Interstate 65. The driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a concrete barrier. The area where...

• Car Accidents in Alexandria Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | June 19, 2008 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Two men were killed in an Alexandria car accident on Wednesday evening. The victims were 19 and 20-years-old. There was a third person in the car that was injured. It happened on Highway 431...

• Tomatoes from Alabama on Safe List

  Shannon Weidemann | June 12, 2008 12:24 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A recent tomato recall has seen retailers and restaurants pulling them from their shelves.Some tomatoes have been contaminated with salmonella. The FDA is not sure of the source of the contamination...

• Trucking Accident Kills One in Caldwell

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A woman was killed in a trucking accident in Caldwell early this morning. The accident happened on Highway 55 between Farmway Road and 10th Avenue. The victim was driving a minivan. Deputies say it appears the driver of the van didn't see the truck as she pulled out onto Highway 55 from Ashland Drive and was broad sided by the semi. Idaho State Police say the woman driving the vehicle...

• Products That Used Recalled Beef Added to Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | February 28, 2008 6:11 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Beef processed by the Hallmark/Westland slaugterhouse was recalled in a massive recall involving 143 million pounds of meat. Now companies that used the recalled beef in their products are adding items to the recall list. General Mills is recalling Progresso Italian Wedding Soup. Nestlé is also recalling items. Nestlé Prepared Foods Co., which is part of Nestlé SA of Switzerland, said it...

• Couple Killed in Thanksgiving Motorcycle Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | November 30, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A couple that had been married for 24 years was killed in a motorcycle accident on their way to Thanksgiving dinner with their family. They were hit by a car that failed to yield at a stop sign. The wife was killed at the scene and the husband died later at the hospital. The couple was killed Thursday morning after a 2007 BMW failed to stop at a stop sign and hit the front of the...

• 1 Million Simplicity Cribs Recalled - 3 Infant Deaths

  Courtney Mills | September 24, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in conjunction with Simplicity Inc. is recalling approximately 1 million baby cribs because of a manufacturing defect that may lead to infant deaths.The recall was issued to cover cribs with a drop-side that can detach from the crib itself, creating a dangerous gap and leading to the suffocation of infant children. There have been 55 such incidents...

• Girl Dies in Mine Shaft ATV Accident

  Courtney Mills | September 04, 2007 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 13-year-old Rikki Howard and her 10-year-old half-sister Casie Hicks were riding on the rolling hills of Arizona in a three-wheeled ATV and were seriously injured Saturday in an ATV accident, when their vehicle suddenly tore down a 125-foot mine shaft. The Arizona hilly countryside apparently obscured the opening to the mineshaft, and the girls' vehicle fell right into it.According to media...

• Medical monitoring legal debate and toy recalls

  Staff Writer | August 21, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal Online discusses the merritts of medical monitoring, a legal theory that is gaining momentum and support, especially in light of the recent and widespread toy recalls. The question is whether families who believe their children have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead in the toys being recalled have the right to sue toy manufacturers even before...