Thousands of web searches for pornography were found on four Country Club Hills fire department computers, according to testimony from a forensic expert. Andrew Garrett — who performed the imaging Jan. 26 on behalf of Dena Lewis-Bystrzycki, a female firefighter involved in a lawsuit against Country Club Hills — testified last month to the presence of porn on the devices.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

"I love the Milton Fire Department. I love the fire service. I've done it all my life," said 63-year-old Lynn Rogers. He recently filed lawsuits against both the MFD, an organization of which he has been a member for 48 years, and secretary John Bushey. Rogers has been president of Rogers Sign Company in Milton for 45 years and has held leadership positions in a number of organizations throughout his life.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sussex Countian

In between calls for service, amid a dozen reminders of the tragedy that left Fire Capt. William "Iron Bill" Dowling mortally wounded, the firefighters and paramedics at Houston Fire Station 68 watched the two-hour funeral service Wednesday morning on a TV in the upstairs common area. On either side of the TV hung fire axes memorializing the two first responders from this station who died on May 31, 2013.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Pettis County Fire Protection District, Sedalia, MO, pumper. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

A man hit by an SUV in North Seattle Monday night shortly before the SUV hit a gas pump and exploded has died, Harborview Medical Center confirmed Wednesday. The 35-year-old victim died sometime Tuesday, Harborview spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. The car that caused the wreckage was a 2007 Nissan X-Terra driven by a 60-year-old male driver, driving for Uber at the time, with a 40-year-old woman passenger, police reports say.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2017 4:47:17 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000