Calling it “just a small token of appreciation,” Chicago aldermen on Thursday gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would provide a property tax break to the spouses of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics who die in the line of duty. The measure sponsored by Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th) would allow those spouses to apply for a waiver of the city’s portion of their property tax bill for as long as they remain unmarried, and stay in the home where they lived with their wife or husband.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

A proposed new ordinance aimed at improving safety at Erie day care facilities could be on Erie City Council’s agenda by the end of November. City Council President Jim Winarski, at a Thursday evening study session at City Hall, said the panel wants to finalize the ordinance as soon as possible. Council heard from Erie Bureau of Fire Chief Guy Santone and Andy Zimmerman, the city’s code enforcement manager, regarding the ordinance just hours after the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ Thursday morning announcement that an Aug.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: GoErie.com

A decorated Merced County Cal Fire captain was laid to rest Thursday after a traditional processional through the city of Merced and services at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Capt. Paul Rotondaro died in a traffic crash on Highway 140 near the Gustine airport, according to the California Highway Patrol.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Merced Sun Star

Major fires, explosions, mine accidents and other North Jersey disasters of the 20th century will be brought back to life through a Morris County Historical Society exhibit at its Morristown museum. The photo-driven exhibit takes a look at 12 fires, mine accidents, explosions, aircraft crashes and disasters from 1910 to 1989.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com - Metered Site

A North Seattle neighborhood was evacuated and two Puget Sound Energy workers were injured after a major natural gas leak and fire erupted there, police and emergency officials said. Police and firefighters responded to the scene, just off Aurora Avenue North in the 10300 block of Midvale Avenue North, at about 10:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000