In 2015 the ice cream manufacturing company Blue Bell recalled products from the market after an outbreak of listeria. As a result of the bacterial contamination three people died and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that nearly a dozen others were hospitalized. In the latest report on Blue Bell products the company is recalling its Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Blue Bell Two Step flavors; customers can get full refunds for the purchased items. So far no illnesses have been reported. It was a third-party supplier used by Blue Bell that issued a recall on an ingredient in the cookie dough used to make the ice cream.
Officials in Albany report that an autopsy has prompted questions from the family of 55 year old Robert Lee Brown who was shot and killed by a police officer. According to the authorities Brown stabbed officer Derrick Williams during an altercation. Brown who was said to suffer with mental health issues was shot in the back according to the autopsy report. The Brown family has requested that a special prosecutor be assigned to handle the case.
The search is on for a snatch and grab robber who managed to steal hundreds of dollars from a store clerk at an East Hill Avenue business. The thief is identified as 51 year old Theodore Reid. Anyone with information on Reid’s whereabouts is asked to call 911.
The doors of the Police Department Headquarters in the city of Meigs have been locked and all police cruisers are parked in the wake of a 3 to 2 vote to bring police operations to a halt. The decision of the city council was effective immediately and now other law enforcement agencies are called upon to help out.
The Colonial Pipeline Company restarted the flow of gasoline in Alabama after a rupture shut down operations causing a spike in the price of gas across the region. Between 252 thousand and 336 thousand gallons of gasoline leaked from the pipeline. Fuel supplies should return to normal in several days according to Colonial officials.
