As his motorcycle careened out of control on a southern Indiana highway, Brandon Anderson said a silent prayer and prepared for the worst. The lieutenant with the Fishers Fire Department and a high school buddy were on their way to Lake Cumberland in Kentucky on a summer day in 2016 when a truck in the right lane of U.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Indianapolis Star

Officials at a Cecil Township fire department accepted the resignation of its chief Tuesday following outrage over his posting of a racial slur on social media, according to a statement posted on the township website. Ron Zombeck, president of Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 in Muse, said that the resignation of Paul Smith was accepted at noon Tuesday in light of outrage over a Facebook comment by Smith in response to the Pittsburgh Steelers' decision not to take the field Sunday for the national anthem.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

In early September, the Trump administration announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The policy was originally introduced in 2012 by the Obama administration. In short, the policy has made it possible for nearly 800,000 immigrant children, known as dreamers, to live in the U.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A fire set at Peninsula High School early Wednesday damaged a portable building but did not impact classes. The blaze was reported about 3 a.m. and was contained to a single portable building, which houses eight classrooms. “The campus is safe and secure, this is just a minor inconvenience today,” Principal Dave Goodwin wrote in a letter to parents.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO7.com

Firefighters battled a blaze that has set at least two motorhomes and a utility trailer on fire Tuesday afternoon. Officials say crews are now mopping up. There are no injuries, and a cause is under investigation. The blaze is at a storage yard in at 26524 79th Ave. S.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komonews.com