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The Cordell City Council is scheduled to meet in regular session tonight. Items the council will discuss and consider include authorizing and directing the mayor to submit an application for financial assistance under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program for the acquistion of a 2021 ambulance. If approved – and if the city is awarded the grant – the matching funds the city would be obligated to pay would only be 5% of the awarded grant. Which totals at just under $12,000. The Cordell City Council will also discuss and take possible action towards mandating the use of face covering...

Staff Writer Photo Provided THE BROOKSIDE Volunteer Fire Department created grab-and-go kits containing personal protective equipment for its members heading to medical and other calls. BROOKSIDE — The Brookside Volunteer Fire Department is putting federal COVID-related dollars to good use by creating PPE kits for its members, along with purchasing a new machine to clean its ambulance and fire station. Brookside VFD Chief Allan Ketzell said the department recently created “COVID kits” that contain either a protective gown or coveralls, shoe covers, surgical mask and N95 mask, safety gla...

When Congress rushed to pass the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act earlier this year, they established the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, to help small businesses. Administered

12/9/2020 After just 10 years, Smithfield must replace $750K firetruck Though almost 20 years old, Smithfield’s new tower truck purchased for $120,000 is in better shape than the town’s 2010 100-foot ladder truck purchased 10 years ago. SMITHFIELD – Ten years after the town purchased a 100-foot ladder apparatus for the Fire Department for $750,000, the vehicle was found to be unsafe for use and needs replacement, says Fire Chief Robert Seltzer. Seltzer said the situation, where the frame rails on the 2010 Pierce Arrow 105-foot Aerial are significantly corroded, left the truck unsafe for...