🌱 MFRD First To Have Ultrasound Tech In Ambulances + Two Stabbings

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Here are the top three stories in Mobile today:

1. The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department (MFRD) will be the first in Alabama to have ultrasound technology in ambulances. According to a press release from the MFRD, the department is partnering with the digital health company, Butterfly Network, to equip each ambulance with a "portable, handheld, ultrasound system." The department stated paramedics will undergo several in-service, training sessions. (WKRG News 5)
2. Two women have been accused of separate stabbings on Monday and early Tuesday. According to officials with the Mobile Police Department, officers were called to the 200 block of Africatown Boulevard, near the Cochrane-Africatown Bridge, around 6:30 a.m. for the first stabbing incident. The victim was transported to the hospital for a non-life-threatening injury. Then, at 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, officers were called to the 2000 block of Mount Brook Drive and found that a woman – 32-year-old Rissie Stabler – had cut her ex-boyfriend multiple times. Stabler was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault. (WKRG)
3. A former bookkeeper of the Mobile real estate business The Weavil Company has admitted to embezzling more than $286,000. Kelley Ann Kann, of Spanish Fort, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud. She previously worked as an office administrator and bookkeeper and admitted to fraudulently obtaining credit cards using information about her boss’s spouse in 2018 to make hundreds of unauthorized purchases of goods and services. Kann's actions caused $184,239 losses to The Weavil Company, along with a loss of $14,500 at BB&T, $10,014 from Capital One, and $77,501 from Hancock Whitney Bank. (Fox 10 News)

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Today in Mobile:

• Computer Basics - Toulminville At Mobile Public Library (9:00 AM)
• Gabe Willis - LIVE At Brickyard (9:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Excited about the MoonPie over Mobile celebration in Mardi Gras Park on Dec. 31? From park & ride shuttle service to kids events and more, everything you need to know ahead of the event is at the link. (WKRG News 5)
• Click here for the Africatown Heritage House Manager position announcement. The successful candidate will be an employee of the History Museum of Mobile. (Mobile County, Alabama via Facebook)
• Are you in the market for a new home? These houses have recently been put on the market in the Mobile area. (Mobile Patch)

You're all caught up for today! I'll be back soon.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.