Mid-south Pilot Killed, Investigation Continues
THE PILOT OF A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA HAS BEEN KILLED IN FAYETTE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. FROM WBBJTV DOT COM, AVIATION OFFICIALS SAY THE PILOT CRASHED EAST OF COLLIERVILLE ON SATURDAY. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE FAA TOLD A MEMPHIS NEWSPAPER ONLY ONE PERSON WAS ON BOARD. SHE SAID THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ABOUT 2:30 P.M. SATURDAY AND THEN COMMUNICATION WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO VECTOR-USA FROM OLIVE BRANCH. AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CRASH.

Good Neighbors to the Rescue
ACROSS THE DELTA IN MALDEN, TWO MEN PULLS AN ELDERLY WOMAN FROM A BURNING CAR. KFVS12 DOT COM REPORTS JIM GARRIS GOT BEHIND THE BURNING CAR OF 87 YEAR OLD BESSIE DOVER. NEIGHBOR NICK GRANDCOLAS GRABBED A SLEDGEHAMMER AND BROKE OUT THE BACK WINDOW AS GARRIS REACHED IN AND PULLED HER OUT. MRS. DOVER CALLS THE MEN ...HER ANGELS.


Boating Under The Influence,
Numbers Up in 2008
from TRN
T-W-R-A Officers spend long hours trying to keep boaters safe. Over half of B-U-I's in Tennessee came from Percy Priest or Old Hickory Lakes. The T-W-R-A says nearly 70-people have been caught boating drunk this season with several people caught on Percy Priest and Old Hickory Lakes, over the 4th of July holiday weekend. The T-W-R-A says this summer will surpass last year's for B-U-I's.

Save at the Pump with My Gallons Card
from TRN
With gas prices averaging' 4-dollars a gallon in Tennessee, there's no telling how high gas prices will go...But one company wants to help you save at the pump by locking in the price to save you money in the future. "My Gallons," based in Florida" basically works like a debit card. You can buy as many gallons as you want at a given price, and redeem them when the prices go up --- even if it's a year down the road. "My Gallons" says their cards can be used at 95- percent of gas stations across the country.

New Law Permits Smaller & Slower Vehicles
on the Road
from TRN
Thanks to a new law, medium-speed electric or gasoline-powered vehicles with four wheels that can travel up to 35-miles per hour can use roads where the speed limit is 40. Golf carts are excluded. Tennessee joins Montana and Washington as the only states with such a law. The bill passed overwhelmingly in May.
 

Baseball Recap
ATLANTA 7, HOUSTON 6 (17 INNINGS)
CHI CUBS 7, STLCARDINALS 1

NO CARDINALS GAME TONIGHT

Weather Where You Are
POPCORN THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS POSSIBLE ALL WEEK, ALTHOUGH NONE IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY.. NONETHELESS, KEEP THE UMBRELLA IN THE CAR.  THE PHRASE FOR TODAY: HOT AND MUGGY.