VIDEO/PHOTOS: “Way to put that fire out.” The message to Southside native and former major league reliever Cla Meredith came from then-Baltimore Orioles bench coach Terry Crowley. Meredith — a sinker-ball throwing, right-handed pitcher with a low three-quarters delivery who always excelled under pressure in his six-year big league career — had just helped the O’s beat the Boston Red Sox by working out of a tense late-game jam.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: RIchmond Times-Disptach - Metered Site

VIDEO: A man was saved by technology late Friday evening after he drove off a cliff in the Mt. Wilson area, plummeting nearly 400 feet before his car finally came to a stop. According to deputies with the Crescenta Valley Station of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, they were contacted by an iPhone communication center at around 10:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBS-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles

Prior to his sudden resignation last week, former Champaign fire Chief Gary Ludwig was investigated for harassment allegations made by his employees, largely involving “inappropriate statements about women or sexually explicit content.” According to documents obtained by The News-Gazette in a Freedom of Information Act request, City Manager Dorothy David conducted nine interviews between June 27 and July 5 with two victims/complainants and six witnesses concerning Ludwig, and interviewed Ludwig on July 6.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News-Gazette - Metered Site

VIDEO: There have been eight arson arrests already this year, and 30 fires that the Reno Fire Department said were arson. Generally, Reno Fire Department Fire Investigators arrest 10 to 13 people total for arson in a year, but with July only being a little over halfway into this year, there is cause for concern.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno

PHOTOS: Hundreds of wooden bins piled behind a Roche Fruit warehouse caught fire Sunday night just before sunset near downtown Yakima. Yakima Fire Department personnel and other area firefighters had the blaze under control within an hour. Yakima Fire Chief Aaron Markham said the fire was reported at 8:20 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic