Brian Daake News Today

The Vital ICE is an In Case of Emergency app that is now available in the community.

Officials believe a space heater was the cause of a fire that displaced a family Saturday morning.

The boom of fireworks will start earlier this year in Beatrice after a decision by the City Council last fall to allow the sale and discharge of fireworks at an

"It's going to cause - for short-term exposures - respiratory distress, coughing, wheezing, difficulty breathing."

As the temperatures begin to change, so do the ways in which fires can start and duties become different for area fire authorities.

Beatrice Fire and Rescue is prepared for the new challenges they’ll face with the changing seasons.

The woman told police she left the children home while she went to work, and she believed the fire started in the kitchen where a candle caught some nearby papers