Fire safety for people with disabilities

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, January 3rd, 11:04 am

Each year an estimated 2,655 deaths and 13,025 injuries occur as the result of residential building fires. The risk of death or injury from fire is even greater for people with physical, mental, or sensory disabilities. Declining mobility, health, sight, and hearing may limit a person's ability to take the quick action necessary to escape during a fire emergency.

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Watch the MoonPie drop on New Year's Eve!

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, December 31st, 9:48 am

Want to try something new this New Year's Eve? Go Coastal! New Year's Eve plans in Mobile, Alabama just got sweeter - thanks to a massive MoonPie that will fall from the sky at midnight.

And you can watch the giant celebration on WAFF and the Raycom Media family of television stations, at 11:55 Friday night, December 31st.

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Ford recall

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 30th, 4:20 pm

Ford is recalling nearly 15,000 trucks and crossovers because of problems with electrical systems that can short out and create a fire.

The recall includes some 2011 F-150's, F-250's, F-350's, F-450's, F-550's, Ford Edge and Lincoln MKS.

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Free towing on New Year's eve

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 30th, 1:09 pm

To save lives and promote safe driving this New Year's Eve, AAA-Alabama and wrecker services across the state will again offer Tow-for-Life. This public service program provides free towing services to keep impaired drivers off the road. This is the 24th year for the program, and the service is provided to AAA members and non-members alike. AAA does not condone drinking and driving and encourages all motorists to act responsibly to keep drunk drivers off the road throughout the holidays.

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2 men killed in wreck

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 29th, 3:30 pm

Lawrence County officials say two men died when their vehicle collided with trees off Lawrence County road 150.

29-year-old Joshua Sivley of the Hatton community, and 30-year-old Christopher Hanes, of the East Lawrence area, died at the scene Tuesday night.

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Remembering former WAFF reporter Susie Edwards

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 29th, 2:30 pm

Former WAFF 48 News reporter Susie Edwards lost her battle to liver cancer and has passed away.

The 34-year-old was at her home in Rainbow city with her mother and a hospice nurse when she died at 2:00 a.m.

The Gadsden native worked several years in the Huntsville TV market. She left the Rocket City in 2007 to move to Louisiana to work at WWL in New Orleans.

Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2009, she experienced intense pain in her left shoulder and chest that felt like a heart attack.

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Meth arrest

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 28th, 1:54 pm

Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell said that the discovery of two "one pot cook" style meth labs has lead to the arrest of a Tennessee man.

Mitchell said that on December 23rd, the Lawrence County Drug Task Force agents arrested Michael Anthony Lindsey II for first degree unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, second degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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