A Virginia Beach teacher and her firefighter husband are celebrating what they call a “new beginning” after a successful liver transplant surgery.

Casey Williams, a second-grade teacher at New Castle Elementary School, recently underwent the life-saving procedure at UVA Health Medical Center.

Her husband, Virginia Beach Fire Department Captain Neil Williams, donated 60% of his liver in a surgery that lasted several hours.

The couple says Casey is now recovering and beginning the next chapter of her health journey together with her family. “This now marks what the couple calls ‘Casey’s New Beginning.’”

The transplant represents a major turning point after years of serious health challenges. For more than a decade, Casey has battled liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, and complications that required frequent hospital visits and multiple surgeries.

Despite those struggles, her family says she remained deeply committed to her students and rarely showed the extent of her illness in the classroom.

WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton

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PHOTOS: D.C. Fire and EMS crews are responding early Thursday morning to a boat fire at James Creek Marina in Southwest D.C.

Around 5 a.m., crews said they were called to the marina in the 2100 block of 2nd Street SW, where one boat was found fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters launched a two-pronged attack, using both land-based units and two fireboats to bring the blaze under control.

Authorities said the fire also caused damage to neighboring boats on both sides of the vessel. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington, D.C.

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A fire at Kitsap Golf and Country Club destroyed around 40 golf carts belonging to members when a storage building caught fire Monday, April 27. Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue crews responded around 10:40 p.m. after one of the facility’s cart barns caught fire at the golf club off Chico Way, just west of Bremerton, Ileana LiMarzi, CKFR public information officer, said. LiMarzi said the shed was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived, and Bremerton Fire Department, South Kitsap Fire & Rescue and Navy Region Northwest Fire all assisted in putting the fire out. No one was injured in the fire.

The cart barn was one of three the club uses to store golf carts, and was built between two and three years ago, said Wayne Evans, the club’s past president and currently a board member. The cart barn was located on the west side of the main parking lot, near an older cart storage building and the club’s maintenance facility. Homes along the golf course’s ninth green are in the vicinity of where the fire was as well.

Kitsap Sun

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Several families are temporarily without homes after a fire in a four-plex forced out all residents of the building late Tuesday night, Kennewick Fire Department officials said. According to dispatch records, at about 10:30 p.m. on April 28 a house fire was reported on west 14th Avenue in Kennewick. Firefighters arrived to find an active fire in the attic of an apartment building with four units, and additional crews were called to assist.

Firefighters said they were able to quickly contain and extinguish the fire. Firefighters said all residents of the building were able to evacuate safely, and no injuries to residents or firefighters were reported. Firefighters said there was significant damage to the structure, and all residents will be temporarily unable to live in the building while repairs are undertaken. However, fire officials said all residents have nearby family who will be able to provide temporary places to stay for them.

Apple Valley News Now

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Emergency responders and firefighters worked together to rescue a horse from a creek in Roy on Tuesday morning. According to South Pierce Fire and Rescue, the horse was stuck in a creek along 336th Street South. The horse was reported to be stressed and unable to get out on its own. With the support of Central Pierce Fire & Rescue, crews worked together to safely complete the rescue. The horse was transferred to veterinary care for evaluation and treatment. “We appreciate the coordinated efforts of all agencies involved in ensuring a safe and successful outcome,” wrote South Pierce Fire and Rescue.

KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

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