Men also suspected in string of similar blazes
AP via Statesman
Two men who once attended church together were charged Sunday with burning down a church in East Texas, and they are suspected in a string of similar blazes, authorities said.
Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and Daniel George McAllister, 21, face one count each of felony arson for [...]
By Tony Plohetski in The Austin American-Statesman
Photo by Ralph Barrera in The Austin American-Statesman
Photos of scene from Ralph Barrera in The Austin American-Statesman
Photos of house fire from The Austin American-Statesman
In what authorities describe as an apparent intentional act, a pilot flew a single-engine plane Thursday into a Northwest Austin office building that houses Internal Revenue [...]
From The Austin American-Statesman
A plane crashed into a Northwest Austin building that houses federal offices about 9:30 this morning, injuring several people and sparking a fire that sent plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen for miles. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said the crash, at the Echelon 1 building in the [...]
By SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press at KXXV.com
Photo by Chris Vinn in The Tyler Morning Telegraph
A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal authorities said Tuesday. Fires that broke out at two churches near Tyler on Monday [...]
By Ron Maloney in The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Seguin’s firefighters will again ask voters to support a vote on bringing the fire department under civil service rules governing hiring, promoting or firing employees.The Seguin Professional Fire Fighters Association announced Thursday its members will be walking door-to-door in local neighborhoods over the next several weekends asking voters [...]
Special Bulletin From Chief Boriskie
Statement from Local 341
HFD Chief Phil Boriskie announced his resignation at a Tuesday morning press conference. Boriskie will stay with the department in another capacity, but Mayor Annise Parker must now find another chief to run the department.
Rumors of the chief’s impending resignation began swirling over the weekend, after the mayor [...]
Gov. Rick Perry today sent Texas Task Force One, the state’s elite search and rescue team, to provide assistance in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. He also sent a letter to President Barack Obama offering additional state disaster response resources to assist emergency response teams, rescue workers and medical personnel. Since the U.S. [...]
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