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• Charter Bus Crashes into 18-Wheeler

  Christina Cole | February 07, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Tuesday, a family of gospel singers was on their way to their next gig when their charter bus crashed with an 18-wheeler, injuring both drivers.The accident involved the charter bus and a 18-wheeler hauling steel. The accident slowed down traffic for over two hours. The accident happened when the bus driver, one of the gospel singers, tried to pass the 18-wheeler but underestimated the...

• Travel'N Baby Mini Hair Dryers Recalled

  Christina Cole | January 26, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Version-X Travel'N Baby Mini Hair Dryers are being recalled. The dryers are not equipped with an immersion protection plug to prevent electrocution if the dryer was to fall into water.Electric shock protection devices are required by industry standards for all electric hand held hair dryers. If the dryer were to fall into water during use and it is not equipped with said safety device, it can...

• No Injuries in Semi Accident

  Christina Cole | January 24, 2007 1:52 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A semi-truck, trucking accident occured Monday when the driver lost control while hauling 44,000 pounds of potassium carbonate, leaving the truck sideways on the highway.The driver, James Harrington, was not injured and was not taken to the hospital from the scene, said Etheridge of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.Etheridge said none of the potassium carbonate was spilled in the...

• Hoover Fined for Failure to Report Vacuum Fire Hazard

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 2:41 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Hoover Company Inc. has agreed to pay a $750,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it failed in reporting to the U.S. consumer Product Safety Commission, the sale of vacuums with defective on/off switches that can overheat, causing the cleaner to catch on fire.In April 2005, Hoover recalled 636,000 Hoover Self-Propelled upright vacuums because of the defective on/off switches.In June...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Crash

  Christina Cole | January 11, 2007 12:07 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Jody Allen Robert Fricker, of Alabama was killed at 3:10am on Saturday, in a motorcycle accident. Frickler lost control of his motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, Jackson County said.There were witnesses to the crash that saw him lose control of the motorcycle. Emergency vehicles arrived on the scene quickly. The accident is under investigation by the Mississippi...

• Family Dollar Recalling 35,000 Oscillating Heaters

  Christina Cole | January 05, 2007 2:23 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Family Dollar Stores is recalling approximately 35,000 oscillating ceramic heaters. The heaters can overheat and smoke, causing a potential fire hazard to consumers.To date, Family Dollar has received three reports of the heaters overheating or smoking. There are no reports of fires and only two reports of minor property damage. Consumers should stop use immediately and return the heater to...

• Motorcycle vs. Car - Two Hurt

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Two people were injured in a motorcycle crash that involved a car at an intersection on Highway 184E and Highway 84E at noon Sunday.Travis Batte and an unidentified female rider were taken to South Central Medical Center at approximately 12:30pm for medical treatment from injuries when the Honda goldwing motorcycle they were riding crashed with a Volkswagen Passat driven by 21-year old, Timothy...

• Paralyzed Three Year Old Learns to Walk Again

  Christina Cole | December 20, 2006 1:24 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A 3-year-old paralyzed Kentucky boy has learned to walk again after trying a therapy that was financed by the Christopher Reeve Foundations' Neuro-Recovery Network. "The spinal cord itself has a great capacity to learn, to remember, to forget and to make decisions," Harkema said. "And the spinal cord can do that even when it's disconnected from the brain."The therapy re-teaches the spinal cord...

• Motorcycle Accident Still under Investigation

  Christina Cole | December 20, 2006 12:58 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  More than two weeks after a collision between a motorcycle and a motor vehicle claim the life of the cyclist, state officials are looking for specific answers as the case remains open and under investigation.Robert Mark Pessin, 49, of Forest, died as a result of injuries that were sustained in a accident at approximately 9:56 a.m. on Mississippi 492. The accident involved two vehicles including...

• VW Passat Recall

  Christina Cole | December 20, 2006 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  62,000 Passat sedans and wagons from 2006 and 2007 model years in the U.S. and Canada will are being recalled due to potential problems with their wiper motors and braking in cold weather, reports Volkswagen of America Inc. Volkswagen is recalling 300, 000 Passat sedans worldwide.Volkswagen Passats, built in 2005 and the first half of 2006 can develop a fuel leak and a 200-horse power model can...