A 50-person citizen fire brigade became famous during the Palisades fires, and now volunteers are applying by the hundreds.

The Brownsburg Fire Territory has welcomed Ben Friedlander, a recruit with a diverse background, to their team.

The Bellevue Police Department recently commended Officer Barb Shapiro for her speedy response to a serious car crash that hurt an elderly woman, using skills she learning in more than two decades as ...

When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, Oct. 28. Council member Barbara Fisher and Mayor Leo Lutz were absent.

Wagener will have six candidates on the local ballot Nov. 4: three running for mayor and three running for town council at large.

Gavin Parker explains how to locate and follow a hoseline or guideline, locate alternative exits, identify and avoid hazards, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. LOS ANGELES – A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint ...

Officials said that Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Fla., had intentionally set a fire that rekindled a week later into a devastating blaze that killed 12 people. By Shawn Hubler and Jill ...

THE FINGER. RIGHT NOW. INVESTIGATING A FIRE IN EDISTO BEACH TIED TO A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE. THIS IS VIDEO OF THAT BLAZE IN EDISTO ISLAND. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE FIRE HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN ...

Authorities said the fire is believed to have been deliberately set by the gunman. This liveblog has now ended — follow the latest updates here. The person accused in a fatal shooting and fire Sunday ...