The grant will support the purchase of new equipment for the fire department, which serves Hearne and the surrounding community. This award from the Union Pacific Foundation is representative of the railroad's commitment to supporting first responders in the communities through which it operates, and where its employees and customers live. "These funds are a result of the Foundation's new 'Building Community Investments' program," said Dan Harbeke, Union Pacific Director - Public Affairs. "The program's new giving priorities are workforce development, community spaces, and in this case, safety."

The cost of the city's $9.7-million fire station number two rose last week after construction crews unearthed a variety of items. Those items included old car parts, three headstones, full trees, electrical conduit, 20 feet of water line dating from the 1920s, pots that once held plants, a tractor and other assorted debris.

The findings at the city-owned property at the northeast corner of Richmond Road and Park East Drive created the need to remove the soil and bring in new soil at a spot on the construction site that will eventually become the back office/living quarters half of the new fire station building.

He's tentatively scheduled to appear for fundraising autograph sessions Saturday, Sept. 9, and Sunday, Sept. 10, at the York Fair Fire Station. He'll be available Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

On Sunday, Mantooth will act as grand marshal of the annual Salute to Heroes Parade. The rededication ceremony of the York Fair Fire Station will begin about 3 p.m.

Elisha Ross, 25, and Ayana Forest, 22, both from Lawrenceville, are allegedly responsible for breaking into more than 161 vehicles at more than 44 locations, stealing at least 40 firearms. According to media reports, they were arrested on July 27 by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office fugitive unit, along with the U.S. Marshals Service, following the execution of search warrants at two locations in Gwinnett County.

Cobb detectives began an investigation in February after three Cobb County fire stations, four Smyrna fire stations and the Glock manufacturing plant had overnight vehicle break-ins. The Federal Bureau of Investigation assisted in helping to identify Ross and Forest as suspects.