VIDEO: Two firefighters were injured while battling a fire on the city’s South Side. The fire started just before 6 a.m. Tuesday on the first-floor of Vincennes Food Mart in the 7900 block of South Vincennes Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood. The building houses a business and apartments. The fire was upgraded to a 3-11 and spread to a second building, according to fire officials.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago

A new mobile app, 1-Check COVID, has been launched by the University of Nebraska as a screening guide for individuals to use as reference if they are concerned that they might have the coronavirus. The app will also help first responders and other health care providers determine a person's likelihood of carrying the disease.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFXL-TV FOX 51 Lincoln

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans a nationwide study of up to 325,000 people to track how the new coronavirus is spreading across the country into next year and beyond, a CDC spokeswoman and researchers conducting the effort told Reuters. The CDC study, expected to launch in June or July, will test samples from blood donors in 25 metropolitan areas for antibodies created when the immune system fights the coronavirus, said Dr.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Two women were saved in an hours-long rescue after they fell into the Snoqualmie River Monday evening. Rescue crews were originally called around 8 p.m. for a report that one woman slipped and fell into the Middle Fork of the river, according to Capt. Steve Johnson with Eastside Fire & Rescue. Once they arrived, they learned two gone into the river.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A trailer is destroyed after a controlled burn spread too quickly due to winds in Grant County . According to Grant County Fire District 13, when firefighters arrived on scene they found a demolished camp trailer and a half acre wildfire. The fire also threatened a home but was not damaged. "We can’t overstate how quickly fire will spread in the wind and spread easily to our vegetation and surrounding structures/vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2020 8:38:32 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane