Vorderstrasse has been leading Hastings Fire & Rescue since summer 2024 when former Fire Chief Brad Starling was placed on paid administrative leave. In September 2024, Starling resigned his position.

Emergency crews battled a fire in the the 200 block of N. Eighth St. on Monday morning. The Fire Department was called to the scene at about 5 a.m. Officials said the fire was isolated to one ...

Decatur Fire Chief Jeff Abbott announced Monday that he will be retiring in March after serving 30 years in the department.

There's going to be an opening near the top of Florida's government. It comes after Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez was hired on ...

The Department of Justice is suing the state of Illinois and Chicago over its sanctuary city policies, arguing they interfere ...

After a week of uncertainty for Illinois hospitals and clinics over an executive order seeking to end gender-affirming care for minors, the Illinois attorney general issued a statement ...

Lt. Cameron Finney has been honored for saving a man's life during an Oct. 10 multi-structure fire at Lake Mattoon and he is ...

A fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for allegedly killing his wife on their wedding night more than 12 years ago was ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

Robert Jensen, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, urged everyone in the impacted area of the new blaze -- dubbed the Hughes Fire -- to leave immediately. "We've seen the devastation ...

Local investigators have detained 11 people, including the hotel’s owner, the Deputy Mayor of Bolu and the Bolu Municipality Fire Department Director in connection with the fire, Turkish ...