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April 2, 1869: The Union Flag alerted readers, “Three thousand copies (more or less) of the School Fund Embezzlement Investigation at this office for gratuitous distribution.” The Union Flag was a newspaper printed in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way under the masthead. However, it was also spelled as Jonesboro at various points inside the newspaper. April 2, 1891: The Comet reported, “Another deal was made Monday in Main street (sic) property. F.A. Stratton purchased the...

Tottenville blood drive will honor 9/11 firefighter’s memory Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 02, 2021 A blood drive will be held Saturday in memory of Firefighter John G. Chipura, who gave his life on 9/11. Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An annual blood drive will be held Saturday in Tottenville in memory of John G. Chipura, an FDNY firefighter who lost his life responding to the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Chipura also served as a U.S. Marine and a city police of...

Updated: 12:58 PM EST Mar 1, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff City officials in Winston-Salem held a brief ceremony Monday morning to unveil an honorary street sign to mark the 70th anniversary of the Winston-Salem Fire Department’s first Black firefighters.The firefighters reported for duty on March 1, 1951, at the original Fire Station No. 4 located at 214 N. Dunleith Ave. Mondays ceremony was held near that site at the corner of East Third Street and Dunleith Avenue. The o...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Tower Ladder 34 has been used to pluck people from a burning apartment building. It once came to the aid of a worker with frost-bitten fingers stuck high up on a cellphone tower. But the tower truck’s days are numbered — at least at its current location with Engine Co. 72, 7982 S. South Chicago Ave. The ladder truck, which is equipped with a basket and can extend up 10 stories, is being moved to a new location as part of a wider plan to “consolidate and improve overal...

Last year’s outdoor dining ban was never about data that linked spiking cases to restaurants, it was about the decisions that officials are allowed to make during a public emergency

Print People are eating on restaurant patios in Los Angeles County again, but a challenge to a previous outdoor dining ban is still winding through the courts. At issue is whether county officials need to provide data to back the dining restrictions they imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-judge panel for the California 2nd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday appeared to be leaning toward a collective “no,” though it has three months to issue a decision. Justice Brian Currey...

Despite heated opposition and vows of resistance from some restaurant owners and elected officials, there is increasing evidence that California’s latest stay-at-home order, including a ban on outdoor dining, worked to turn around a deadly surge of the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced

Despite heated opposition and vows of resistance from some restaurant owners and elected officials, there is increasing evidence that California’s latest stay-at-home order, including a ban on outdoor dining, worked to turn around a deadly surge of the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that he was lifting the stay-at-home order that had been in place in most of the state since early December in light of the state’s declining coronavirus case and hospitalization numbers. A...

Despite heated opposition and vows of resistance from some restaurant owners and elected officials, there is increasing evidence that California’s latest stay-at-home order, including a ban on outdoor dining, worked to turn around a deadly surge of the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that he was lifting the stay-at-home order that had been in place in most of the state since early December in light of the state’s declining coronavirus case and hospitalization numbers. A...

Mixed chemicals used to drain sink cause toxic fumes to fill Madison home January 19, 2021 2:08 PM Logan Rude Updated: MADISON, Wis. — Toxic fumes caused the occupants of a Fieldwood Road home to get sick Friday after they mixed chemicals to clear a sink drain. Engine Co. 11 and Medic 4 with the Madison Fire Department responded to the 6900 block of Fieldwood Road just before 4 p.m. on Friday, according to an MFD report. When crews arrived, the residents said they ha...