PHOTO: A Lowes shipping truck crashed into the Break Room Pool Hall on the corner of South Cushman St. and Airport Way this afternoon. A white Dodge Caliber failed to yield at the intersection and collided with the truck. All parties involved were taken to the hospital. No life threatening injuries were reported and two persons have already been discharged from the hospital. City engineers and building inspectors were on scene determining how to safely remove the vehicles.  

VIDEO: Sixty years ago this week, one of the largest aviation disasters of its time happened in Chicago's suburbs when a flight from Midway Airport went down minutes after take-off. Few may remember the tragedy. It was September 1, 1961. TWA Flight 529 was hopscotching across the country. It had just taken off from Midway Airport and was headed for Las Vegas. Frank Trout was a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter back then. Just after 2 a.m., the siren sounded and summoned his squad to a farm field just West of Route 83. "We were totally unprepared for anything like this," Trout said. "We went looking for anyone who was alive. Some people were still strapped in their seats." All 78 souls aboard died that day. It was, at the time, the deadliest single-plane disaster in US history. And it happened near the height of the U.S. crisis with Cuba.  

City leaders are working to make every 911 call just a little more efficient. Thousands of calls come in to the dispatch center every day. But what happens when there is a language barrier during that emergency call? "Sometimes, we have trouble communicating and finding out the information we need," said Ronnie Sturch, Jonesboro E911 Director. He said bringing in a system that provides translators would make the process easier in an emergency. Sturch spoke with some of the dispatchers - they said they usually have an average of 10 calls a month where there is some type of language barrier. Right now, they are doing what they can to make sure the caller receives the help they need. Sturch is in the process of working with Voiance, a company that provides translators for 911 and non-emergency calls.  

September 1st marks the start of National Recovery Month. National Recovery Month is observed annually in September to give communities resources for individuals recovering from drug abuse. The theme for this year's recovery month is, "Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community." Right now, the Bluefield Fire Department treats one overdose a day. Bluefield Fire Chief Chad Bailey feels disheartened about the epidemic. "It's horrible. That's someone's loved one that's struggling with drugs. And drugs can take over their thinking process," Chief Bailey said. For an individual to be administered Narcan, a patient has to go through an assessment by first responders. "We receive a call that the patient is acting strange or not breathing, we perform a patient assessment and take vitals. After that, we then determine if we can administer the Narcan," Bailey said.  

An 8-year-old boy decided to give his lemonade stand earnings away for a huge cause: a real-life fire truck for his community. Andrea Dembeck, from Danville, Pennsylvania, told FOX News that her third grader Andrew decided he wanted to run a lemonade stand this summer to help the Friendship Fire Company's efforts to get a new ladder truck. The Friendship Fire Company has been raising money for a new ladder truck since at least June 18, 2020, according to a GoFundMe page. According to the page, the truck is expected to cost $1.3 million. Dembeck told FOX that Andrew had done a lemonade stand two summers ago, before the coronavirus pandemic and when she suggested doing another stand this summer, she said Andrew "couldn't wait to do it."  

Health officials are watching another new coronavirus variant, dubbed "mu," which they say has concerning mutations that could allow it to escape vaccine-induced immunity. The variant, also known as B.1.621, was first detected in Colombia in January 2021, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On Monday (Aug. 30), WHO classified it as a "variant of interest," or VOI, and named it mu. The VOI label means the variant is increasing in prevalence in multiple areas and has mutations that are likely to affect viral characteristics, such as transmissibility or disease severity, Live Science previously reported. In contrast, officials use the term "variant of concern," or VOC, once reliable data show that the variant has increased transmissibility — such as what's been seen with the delta variant — or other worrisome features, such as the ability to evade vaccines.