Can reduced staffing impact Shelby Co firefighting?
Ninety-percent of the time is how often the Shelby County Fire Department is staffing 3-man fire trucks.
They recently switched from four man crews to three man crews, to save $80,000 each month in overtime.
The department says reducing manpower isn't a problem because it doesn't affect response time, but could the
...Patient thanks hospital for ultimate Christmas gift
One year ago, Rickie Wheeler, 25, and his family received the ultimate Christmas gift they waited two years for: a kidney and pancreas transplant.
"When I got the phone call saying that I had an hour to get there, I just basically jumped in the shower and put on my clothes," says Wheeler, who has been a lifelong
...Fiscal cliff: questions and answers
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared.
President Barack Obama, on his way out of town himself, insisted a bargain could still be struck
...Ailing Calif nuke plant faces questions on restart
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal regulators Wednesday pressed the operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant for more analysis on its damaged steam generators, as the government considers when, or if, one of the seaside reactors can be restarted safely.
San Onofre, located between Los Angeles and
...Spokesman: George H.W. Bush in intensive care
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday.
Jim McGrath, Bush's spokesman in
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