Almost half the US is reporting increased numbers of new COVID-19 cases as health experts warn of a potential coronavirus surge in the fall and winter. As of Sunday, the number of new coronavirus cases has increased by at least 10% or more compared to the week before in 21 states, most of them in the West, according to a CNN analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

PHOTO: Three China Grove firefighters were injured Friday morning after the firetruck they were riding in overturned while responding to an emergency call. The firefighters — George Stewart, Cameron Harwell and Adam Wingler — were all taken to the hospital with minor injuries, said Town Manager Ken Deal.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salisbury Post

VIDEO: A Naperville firefighter found a creative way to tell residents ‘Get Your Mask On’. You may have heard Florida Georgia Line's song 'Get Your Shine On', but one Naperville firefighter and paramedic has a different version. Billy Croft wrote 'Get Your Mask On' as a way to promote public safety and bring a little humor to life amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM News Radio

Despite the cancelation of the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K run and walk due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some people still walked through Battery Tunnel on Sunday. Frank Siller, brother of fallen firefighter, Stephen Siller, showed up to honor the memory of those who died on September 11, 2001.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Silive.com

A man who was sleeping in a dumpster had to be rescued from a Spokane City garbage truck Monday morning. Spokane Fire Department officials said they received a call around 9:30 a.m. after a garbage crew heard screaming coming from inside their truck while they were emptying dumpsters near the Olive Garden on North Newport Highway.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane