An incident command center is set up on Highway 79. Anyone who wants to help search for Allysa Huffstutler should sign in here. (Photo: Clare Huddleston)
Friends identified this picture from Facebook as Allysa Huffstutler.
Thursday, April 24 2014 4:41 AM EDT2014-04-24 08:41:51 GMT
Poets laureate will fill the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda with readings to celebrate Kentucky Writers' Day on Thursday.
Poets laureate will fill the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda with readings to celebrate Kentucky Writers' Day on Thursday.
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -
Officials in the search for missing 19-year-old Allysa Huffstutler say they are now calling the search a "recovery mission."
It has been over 40 hours since Huffstutler went missing while rafting down the Warrior River on Wednesday with a group of friends. After several people lost their rafts in rough water, Huffstutler was found to be missing. Her disappearance prompted a search that has lasted for the last two days.
Officials said Friday they are rebranding the search as a "recovery mission" because they believe Huffstutler would have been able to travel through the woods and make contact by now.
On Friday, crews will still be conducting a search around the river. People will be walking the banks, divers will be in the water and boaters will travel up and down the area to look for Huffstutler.
Blount County EMA Director Max Armstrong says Friday's search will focus on a 3.7 miles stretch of the river. Crews plan an in-depth search of the rapids called "Double Trouble," the rapids where Huffstutler was last seen.
Any volunteers who want to help in the search should sign in at the command center on Highway 79. Officials are asking people to sign in after a volunteer searcher got lost Thursday night in the woods and crews had to be called back to the area. He was located 10 to 15 minutes after crews returned.
Stay with this story or watch FOX6 News for the latest information as soon as it breaks.
Wednesday, April 23 2014 1:06 PM EDT2014-04-23 17:06:08 GMT
Below is a statement from the attorneys of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus regarding comments made by Joan Rivers on TODAY earlier this week. "Our clients have become aware of Joan Rivers' unfortunate
The attorneys for Amanda Berry and Gina DeJeus are speaking out after comedienne Joan Rivers made an inappropriate joke during a visit on the Today Show Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 22 2014 11:46 PM EDT2014-04-23 03:46:53 GMT
A family calls NBC 12 after visiting a cemetEry only to find their mother's coffin unearthed! Waverly Police say it appears the vandals were trying to gain entry to the casket on Easter Sunday. The family
A family went to visit a cemetery in Waverly on Easter Sunday only to find their mother's coffin unearthed.
Wednesday, April 23 2014 9:21 PM EDT2014-04-24 01:21:44 GMT
A current NFL player and a Cape Girardeau restaurant will team up to raise money for a scholarship fund honoring a Scott City teenager who died in February.
A current NFL player and a Cape Girardeau restaurant will team up to raise money for a scholarship fund honoring a Scott City teenager who died in February.
Wednesday, April 23 2014 5:08 PM EDT2014-04-23 21:08:37 GMT
A Forest Grove couple is trying to track down the owner of a long lost binder that they found in their laundry room wall on Monday night during a remodel.
A Forest Grove couple is trying to track down the owner of a long lost binder that they discovered in their laundry room wall on Monday night during a remodel at their home.
Tuesday, April 22 2014 8:47 PM EDT2014-04-23 00:47:34 GMT
A duck with "dangerous propensities" is at the center of a $275,000 lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Clackamas County. It claims the plaintiff, Cynthia Ruddell, stepped out of her motorhome
The lawsuit claims the duck has a history of attacking people and its owner was negligent for failing to maintain proper control of her animal.
An incident command center is set up on Highway 79. Anyone who wants to help search for Allysa Huffstutler should sign in here. (Photo: Clare Huddleston)
Friends identified this picture from Facebook as Allysa Huffstutler.
