LAHARPE — Emergency crews stayed overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning to ensure a fire in the landfill’s trash cell had been fully extinguished. The fire was reported at about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday. LaHarpe Fire…

YATES CENTER — If there were any qualms about support for rebuilding a local nursing home destroyed in a Friday fire, those were answered emphatically when more than 70 locals crammed into the fire station…

LAHARPE — A body was found at the home of Gale and Ramona Jeffers, 408 Broadway St. in LaHarpe, after the house was destroyed in an early morning fire Monday. The fire, which was reported…

GARNETT — A 16-year-old Colony youth accused in the burning of Colony’s Community Church will face a detention hearing Jan. 21 at Anderson County District Court, according to the Anderson County Review newspaper. Kaiden Robb…

LOS ANGELES — Officials said they are making progress in protecting two key institutions from the Eaton fire. Don Fregulia, an operations section chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which has…

COLONY — Church leaders plan to rebuild after the Colony Community Church was destroyed by fire last week. Pastor Alex Cochrane said the church will be rebuilt on the same property, and church officials are…

COLONY — A fire that destroyed Colony Community Church, 322 S. Garfield St., is under investigation as a possible crime, officials said. The fire was discovered at around 6 p.m. Thursday. Fire crews continued to…

Fire crews battled a house fire early Wednesday evening at 911 S. Washington Ave. in Iola. The family, home at the time the blaze started, escaped unharmed. The cause of the fire was not immediately…

ATLANTA — Atlanta residents will likely smell chlorine and wake up to hazy conditions Thursday morning as the winds are expected to move west from the Conyers chemical plant, officials said. After shifting Wednesday night,…

CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday a day after a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into…