The Vancouver man accused of robbing and killing a clerk at a Sifton area convenience store before lighting the building on fire was a frequent customer of the store, according to court documents filed in the case. Mitchell Heng, 21, admitted to police that he went to the Oasis Market early Sunday morning to rob Amy Marie Hooser, the 47-year-old supervisor, court records state.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2017 10:43:29 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

Quick action on an increasingly snowy morning helped firefighters prevent a fire from spreading Friday morning at a house on McKinley Avenue. At least five fire trucks responded the single-story structure at 1301 McKinley Avenue about 8:30 a.m. No one appeared to be inside the tan-colored house, where the exterior white trim and tall brick fireplace appeared to have been untouched by flames.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2017 9:41:22 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

A former Arizona hotshot superintendent is suing the federal government to obtain aircraft radio transmissions that may help explain the deaths of 19 firefighters in the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013. Fred Schoeffler alleges in his federal court complaint that the Department of Agriculture has denied a public-records request for recordings and transcripts of U.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

The executive director of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System blasted city officials for unveiling an alternative plan that would cast off the failing retirement fund — and thousands of retirees and active workers — and create a new plan. Kelly Gottschalk said in an email to pension trustees Wednesday that she was shocked by the city's latest move.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

VIDEO - Three generations of Columbus Fire Fighters, all privileged to wear the same badge. For the Smith family, Columbus Fire badge number 220 was held by Lauren “Grandpa” Smith Sr., since 1948. Years later Lauren Smith Jr., would join the force in 1988. His father passed on the badge to him in 1989.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCMH-TV NBC 4 Columbus