"Getting the story no matter what the cost!"

As Danielle mentioned in one of her previous posts, in order to cover the news, we have to go places and see things that "normal" people wouldn't. On Monday morning, Jan. 5, as we're telling people to stay off the icy streets, we had our entire news department out on those same icy roads, getting video of wrecks and doing multiple live shots.

Unfortunately, we're not immune to Mother Nature. One of our newest news vehicles, a very nice Chevy Trailblazer which we affectionately call "Unit 11," became an "ice victim" on Interstate 20 while responding to a car wreck. Thankfully, the reporter who was driving wasn't hurt; but Unit 11 is now spending a few weeks in the body shop....