Motorists are stuck in a miles-long backup on Interstate 5 Tuesday morning after a woman on a motorcycle was killed in a fiery, high-speed crash. Police, firefighters and medics responded to the scene, the northbound lanes of I-5 just south of the Highway 520 exit, just before 5:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a motorcycle crashing in a fireball.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 7:37:46 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two adults were displaced after a Monday night house fire in Kent. Kent firefighters were called to the two-story house in the 14500 block of Southeast 275th Place about 10:30 p.m. after the occupants called 911 to report a stove top fire was spreading to the walls and cabinets in the kitchen. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the second story of the house and one of the two occupants was still inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 7:36:22 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

Two adults were displaced after a Monday night house fire in Kent. Kent firefighters were called to the two-story house in the 14500 block of Southeast 275th Place about 10:30 p.m. after the occupants called 911 to report a stove top fire was spreading to the walls and cabinets in the kitchen. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the second story of the house and one of the two occupants was still inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 7:36:22 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A firefighter who is fighting a department policy that he said would force him to cut off his ponytail took his case directly to City Council, claiming gender discrimination. Timothy Gay, an Elmira Street resident and one of the few members of the department who actually lives and pays taxes in the city, said the policy was directed at him, as he is the only male member of the department with long hair.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: press of atlantic city

If Shickshinny state troopers were likened to a Christmas character over the weekend, Scrooge would be a good description, according to Holly Morris. Morris, secretary of the Shickshinny Volunteer Fire Department, said several fire fighters had gathered at the intersection of Routes 11 and 239 on Saturday to collect money during their annual “boot drop” collection, the fire department’s major fundraiser of the year, when they were approached by state Trooper Steve Steransky, Jr.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: times leader