The Jackson firefighters union called the conditions the City Council placed on its acceptance of a grant to hire nine firefighters "unreasonable" and "detrimental to our membership." "The city of Jackson council and mayor have failed the residents, business owners and firefighters of the city," Scott Stoker, president of the Summit-Jackson Professional Firefighters Union Local 1306, said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive.com

When Hua Li called 911 to report a robbery, the woman on the other end of the phone answered with a sigh - and then hung up. Now, 911 operator Crenshanda Williams, 43, of Houston, is facing two misdemeanor charges for allegedly hanging up on concerned callers just because she didn't feel like talking.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

The 39-year-old driver of a semi-truck was killed when his big rig hauling a trailer overturned in the express lanes underneath Interstate 5 Thursday night, according to the Washington State Patrol. The express lanes on I-5 were reopened just after 7 a.m. The patrol identified the driver as Varinder Deol of Abbotsford, B.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

On Oct. 12, 1962, the Columbus Day Storm killed dozens of people on the west coast, set rain records in two major California cities, closed the Seattle World's Fair early on the day of the storm, and caused at least $230 million in damage. It was the Washington's worst weather disaster of the 20th century.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2016 5:38:51 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

With the help of a crane, firefighters hoisted to safety a cow trapped in a rising creek northeast of the fairgrounds Thursday morning. Clark County Fire & Rescue Division Chief Tim Dawdy said firefighters got a call around 11 a.m. from a local rancher, Gary Allen Brooks, who said one of his cows was stuck in a creek on his property.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2016 2:59:11 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian