PHOTOS: A shadowy figure pitched a Molotov cocktail onto the veranda of the Texas Governor's Mansion 15 years ago, then vanished into the night-cloaked oaks.
We might never know who torched and nearly destroyed the Texas landmark, now 167 years old, on June 8, 2008. Although there was surveillance video, the Texas Department of Public Safety has yet to charge anyone, and the statute of limitations for the crime expired in 2019.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News - Metered Site
VIDEO: Dane County EMS is reporting double the national average success rate when returning a person who suffered cardiac arrest to quality of life.
“We respond to just over 400 sudden cardiac arrests in a given year. In Dane County, for every patient that we respond to, we have about a 15% success rate in returning that person to a quality of life.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison
An FDNY spokesperson said Wednesday that no firehouses will be used to help address the city’s ongoing migrant crisis despite a fake memo circulating online.
Social media users flooded websites with the fake memo, purportedly from Chief of Operations John Esposito, Tuesday night saying that firehouses would shelter migrants in their living quarters under orders from the office of Mayor Eric Adams, but FDNY spokeswoman Amanda Farinacci confirmed Wednesday that it was a fake.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters got real-world training they hope never to have to use in one of Norfolk Southern’s railyards in East Point Tuesday afternoon.
The training comes a little more than four months after a devastating derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which displaced about 5,000 residents. "We can do better," said Alan Shaw, CEO of Norfolk Southern, promising changes.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Milwaukee police are looking for the man who burglarized a home near 35th and Locust and then set it on fire Tuesday, June 6.
Neighbors watched as the man walked out of the home with appliances and flames shot from the windows. "Just to see this, it hurts my heart," said Miranda Meeks.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 8:04:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.
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...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to middle 30s will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
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/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0004.230608T0700Z-230608T1200Z/
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to middle 30s will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
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/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0004.230608T0700Z-230608T1200Z/
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to middle 30s will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
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...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... Very dry conditions, with relative humidity falling into the 15 to 25 percent range, will result in elevated fire potential this afternoon and again on Thursday afternoon. The areas of greatest concern are the sandy soil regions of northern and central Wisconsin. Persistent dry weather has caused an increase
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PHOTOS: Multiple agencies responded Tuesday night to a structure fire on James Island.
According to Charleston County Dispatch, the fire was on the 1900 block of Wild Wing Lane.
Witness photos and video showed flames engulfing a raised home, with the fire threatening to spread to nearby cars, homes, and trees.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBD-TV NBC 2 Charleston
VIDEO: Tulsa firefighters should have the ability to use medicinal marijuana to relieve pain and other job-related stress, says Tulsa Firefighters Local 176 Union President Matt Lay.
"Originally, it was brought to us by a lot of service members that talked about being able to move away from schedule 2 narcotics and a litany of prescriptions they were on, using cannabis-based products," Lay said.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a deadly car crash on Interstate 395 in Southwest D.C. on Sunday.
At approximately 7:45 p.m., a Hyundai Elantra was traveling south in the Ninth Street tunnel, police said. The driver of the car began to take the westbound ramp and struck the jersey wall twice for reasons unknown, causing the car to crash over the wall and onto the southbound I-395 below.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington DC
PHOTOS: When Washington became a state in November 1889, that wasn’t the only big news story that year.
In the final spring and summer of Washington’s territorial era, big fires ravaged major sections of downtowns on both sides of the Cascades, from Seattle, to Ellensburg, to Spokane. Seattle’s fire struck on the breezy, blue-sky afternoon of Thursday, June 6, 1889.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Northwest
Emergency crews have cleared the scene and the park and trails are now open after Green Bay Metro Fire Department asked the public to avoid Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and the trails in the area late Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency crews were on the scene extinguishing multiple grass and marsh fires. According to the fire department, the fires are now out as of 5 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2023 11:36:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Firefighters on Tuesday, June 6 responded to the scene of a fire on Meadowlark Road south of County Road J in Sheboygan Falls. The call came in around 2:13 a.m.
Upon arrival, deputies found the garage was fully engulfed and spreading the northwest side of the residence. The fire spread to the main residence, causing severe damage.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2023 9:51:53 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
In Eau Claire, there's a new chief in town. Matt Jaggar was officially sworn in as the fire chief at a ceremony tonight.
Jaggar says the ceremony was emotional and he was touched by the support of the staff and community members.
He has served as a firefighter for nearly 25 years now. Jaggar says he's inspired by the chiefs before him and hopes to continue their mission.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2023 4:49:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Fire crews in Birmingham are currently investigating the cause of a major fire of a church in Ensley. The incident took place at the intersection of Five Points West Avenue and Avenue S. No injuries have been reported.
Local resident and Ensley Highlands neighborhood president, Antwon Womack, shed light on the history of the church, describing it as a community pillar in the past.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham
VIDEO: With kayaking back in season, one Northeast Ohio fire department is investing in their water rescues with two new jet skis.
For Josh Scott, kayaking is a job and his passion.
"We rent kayaks out of the Emerald Necklace here in the Cleveland metro parks," said Scott, manager and lead guide for 41 North Coastal Adventures.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV ABC 5 Cleveland
VIDEO: A single vehicle crashed into a Los Angeles Fire Department station in Sun Valley early Monday morning.
A car crashed into the front of LAFD Fire Station 77, located at 9224 Sunland Boulevard, at the intersection of Tuxford Place, at about 5:26 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Dept. Two people in the car suffered minor injuries but did not require hospitalization, according to the LAFD.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
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