Joe McLaughlin has been in the construction management business for 40 years and he thought he’d seen everything – but when he walked into a massive shuttered office building in Ballard last month he was so stunned that he had to return the following day to make sure what he saw was actually real. The walls of the 40,000-square-foot former Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) office were covered in graffiti featuring skulls, curse words and nudity.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2016 3:45:18 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

An armed robber stuck a handgun in a Trenton fire captain's face while he was on a call in the Chambersburg neighborhood Tuesday night, fire officials said. The fire captain, from Engine Co. 7 on Hamilton Avenue, was not injured during the 6:45 p.m. incident on Cummings Place, officials said. Trenton police detectives are investigating the crime.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Trenton Times

Authorities have made two arrests -- both teenagers -- in last week's deadly wildfires. Authorities made the announcement Wednesday during an afternoon news conference at the Sevier County Courthouse. The teens remain in custody in Sevier County, charged with aggravated arson, said Jimmy Dunn, 4th Judicial District attorney general.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News-Sentinel

Investigators were beginning to get a sense of the final chaotic moments for the 36 people killed in a fire at a converted Oakland warehouse, as they made progress on the search for the cause of the blaze. Oakland’s planning director, meanwhile, admitted that the building had not been inspected for three decades, despite what neighbors said were numerous complaints about accumulated trash, graffiti and other blight.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com

The union representing Youngstown's firefighters is taking action after Mondays' shooting that wounded one of their members. A representative of the Youngstown Professional Firefighter's union says the department will investigate the possibility of allowing captains to carry firearms during calls. They also say they'll look into buying bullet proof vests for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMJ-TV Youngstown NBC 21