An attorney will ask a DeWitt County jury this week to find his client not guilty of stabbing a volunteer firefighter because he was insane at the time. Kirk Ross Engle, 45, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to stabbing Brian Smolik in the stomach on Aug. 19. Smolik responded on Aug. 19 to the 400 block of West Sixth Street in Yorktown where brush, a couch and a trash can were ablaze.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: victoria advocate

Early results show voters in Spokane Fire District 9 passing a renewed maintenance and operations levy. The levy requires a 60-percent majority to pass and so far it has just over 70-percent of the vote. All of Fire District 9's budget comes from levies but the M&O Levy makes up 60-percent of the overall budget.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 11:44:40 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Early results show voters in Spokane Fire District 9 passing a renewed maintenance and operations levy. The levy requires a 60-percent majority to pass and so far it has just over 70-percent of the vote. All of Fire District 9's budget comes from levies but the M&O Levy makes up 60-percent of the overall budget.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 11:44:40 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Van Buren Township Fire Department, Bloomington, IN, CAFS pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Darley LDMBC 1,500-gpm CAFS pump with 220-CFM compressor.

A person with a garden hose tried to help put out a fire at a North Spokane home Tuesday. Fire crews arrived at the home on Washington Street around 12:35 p.m. to find a passerby spraying water from a garden hose onto the fire. Officials said smoke and flames were coming from the front of the house.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 9:20:47 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2