Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri is facing a volunteer shortage. More than 600 kids are waiting for a mentor — and about 80 percent are African American boys. The local branch of the nonprofit is launching a program in the hopes of filling the volunteer gap and building trust within communities of color.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Public Radio

The federal government wants the owner of a tourist train in Durango to pay $25 million for causing a wildfire that scorched 53,000 acres of Forest Service land last summer. A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office says burning cinders from the exhaust stack of a coal-fired steam train operated by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Co.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Colorado Sun

Village of Elk Grove Fire Department 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint. Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

VIDEO: A 2-acre wildfire was started with fireworks in Grant County, according to Grant County Fire District 13. The fire broke out just after 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of Road 12.3 NW near Ephrata. The firefighters got to the scene was at the scene within 3 minutes, which helped keep the fire contained to 2 acres.
- PUB DATE: 7/4/2019 3:09:25 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Three people were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Thursday morning following a house fire in Aberdeen. Just after 4 a.m., Aberdeen Police and Fire personnel responded to a report of flames visible on a three-story home in the 900 block of Duffy Street on the west end of Aberdeen. Firefighters found a fully involved structure fire, according to a news release from Aberdeen Police Lt.
- PUB DATE: 7/4/2019 1:58:44 PM - SOURCE: The Olympian