Posted: Jul 25, 2022
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The benefits and shortcomings of social media are often debated, but two local families are crediting Facebook with solving a mystery that was decades in the making. The story began to unfold when a couple began cleaning out a storage area in the basement of their new home in Lorain, and discovered an old firefighter’s helmet.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
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Posted: Jul 25, 2022
In the 1950s, a group of local farmers felt nostalgic.
Before World War II, they tended the land with wheat thrashers and steam engines, but as technology improved, their tools fell out of use and things started to change. Channeling their nostalgia into action, farmers pulled their old equipment out and invited the public in.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salem Reporter
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Posted: Jul 25, 2022
VIDEO: The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department (MFRD) showed off some brand new vehicles today.
Four firetrucks and three ambulances joined the MFRD’s fleet along with two special additions... a hydration truck and training trailer. The hydration unit is a response to high temperatures.
“It is a rehabilitation unit for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALA-TV FOX 10 Mobile
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Posted: Jul 25, 2022
VIDEO: An armed robbery and standoff inside a Kitsap County home ended in a destructive house fire Sunday night.
According to police, the suspect carjacked a couple before barricading himself inside the home on Harlow Road near Sunnyhill Road around 6:30 p.m. After attempting to escape, the suspect is now in police custody and the house is a complete loss as a result of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Jul 25, 2022
The excitement was palpable when nine new “chiefs” posed for portraits during the Chief for a Day event July 14 at Fort Walla Walla Park.
Each of the young chiefs wore full uniforms representing a local emergency services agency and stood alongside the chiefs, said Walla Walla Police Department Crime Prevention Coordinator Vicki Ruley in a release.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Metered Site
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