A heated legal battle is still simmering between two high-ranking city firefighters. The lawsuit, filed by Plainfield Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey Courtney, is claiming that Chief Frank Tidwell racially discriminated against him because he is white. The lawsuit also names the City of Plainfield and the Plainfield Fire Department as defendants.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyCentralJersey.com

Kevin Brame (DHS-FEMA-USFA-NFA) contacted the Daily Dispatch and wanted to make the following correction and clarification to Thursday's 'Key the Mic' column on the NFA Leadership in Supervision Class: "In my position, I serve as the Training Specialist-Curriculum Manager for the Leadership and Executive Development Curriculum.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Dispatch

On the surface, it may not look like a 12-year-old boy and a firefighter would have much in common. But this heartwarming video showed Logan, a 12-year-old boy from Gilbert, and Mase Mattingly, a Gilbert firefighter, bonding over their shared prosthetic legs. Candy Carson, Logan’s mom, said in the video that five years ago, Logan had strep throat, which sent him into septic shock.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAR 620 - Newsradio

A suspected DUI driver was arrested Thursday night after plowing through a road sign, clipping a tension cable, spinning through a bush and crashing into a home. The driver lost control of the car while headed south on East 24th Street, the Bremerton Police Department says. The crash caused extensive damage.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

A man was burned and his dog died in a fire that broke out in their RV early Friday morning. Firefighters were called to the motor home which was parked outside a home at S. 360th Street and 42nd Ave. S. near Auburn just after midnight. As firefighters fought the flames, medics were called when the man inside was found to have first and second degree burns to his hand while trying to save his dog.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News