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City asks police and fire unions to postpone Sept. 1 salary increases

City asks police and fire unions to postpone Sept. 1 salary increases

El Paso police and firefighters will be asked to temporarily forego their pay raises in the next fiscal year to help the city balance a budget that will continue to take beating in the national recession. But first,...

Waco man sentenced to 20 years in elementary school arson

Waco man sentenced to 20 years in elementary school arson

A 29-year-old Waco man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for intentionally setting a fire that destroyed the historic Sanger Avenue Elementary School. Kevin David Allen pleaded guilty to first-degree felony arson and was sentenced to...

Several departments battle wildfire

Several departments battle wildfire

Several area fire departments spent nearly four hours battling a huge wildfire in the Harrisburg Community on Farm to Market Road 1738, off of Highway 63 East and just east of Jasper. The blaze broke out at...

Fire guts house; firefighter hits teen

Fire guts house; firefighter hits teen

Fire gutted a San Leon family’s hurricane-damaged house that was just a few weeks shy being move-in ready, a fire official said Thursday. The response to the fire took an odd twist when a San Leon volunteer firefighter...

Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department fights fire after fire without a break

Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department fights fire after fire without a break

For the second time in a little over a week, Tarkington firefighters found themselves responding to multiple calls in a twenty-four hour period. The first call came in shortly after 2 PM on Friday afternoon, dispatching both Cleveland...