VIDEO: One former Coastal Bend softball player is still keeping her love for the sport of baseball alive by earning a spot on the Women's National Baseball Team roster. Valerie Perez was a star softball player for Calallen and the Islanders. She eventually became a Corpus Christi firefighter, but never gave up on her love for playing baseball just like her brothers.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIII-TV ABC 3 Corpus Christi

VIDEO: A swath of the United States is facing a dangerous combination of extreme heat and wildfire smoke this week. More than 85 million Americans across 15 states -- from California to Florida -- are under heat alerts for Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. The consecutive days of record-high temperatures combined with high overnight temperatures makes this heat wave especially threatening, as the longer it lasts, the more dangerous it becomes.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

West Valley and Yakima firefighters contained an attic fire at a house on the 11200 block of Wide Hollow Road Wednesday. The fire damaged the attic and roof of the one-story home. No one was hurt. Fire crews received the call at around 12:40 p.m. and had the fire under control within about 15 minutes, West Valley fire chief Nathan Craig said.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 6:41:00 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

VIDEO: The Airway Heights Fire Department is looking to make an upgrade to its station and fire chief Mitch Metzger said it's going to take more than a new coat of paint. After over 50 years, he said it's time for a new building. "It is literally a maintenance nightmare,” Metzger said. This station has served the department since 1968.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 2:44:39 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

As temperatures neared 110 degrees in North Texas Tuesday, Dallas fire crews felt the heat—and then some—while battling what amounted to a six-alarm blaze at an east Oak Cliff church. Just before 2 p.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) responded to reports of a fire at the Saintsville Church of God, located at 2200 South Marsalis Ave.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT-TV CBS 11 Fort Worth