FARMINGTON — Selectmen on Jan. 28 accepted a $4,050 Volunteer Fire Assistance grant for 10 sets of forestry personal protective equipment [PPE].

Firefighters from Rumford, Peru and Andover learned in the classroom and two holes cut in the ice of a local pond.

"Even with appropriate PPE, you can only stay in that water ... What originally began as a search and rescue effort Wednesday ...

On a snow-covered Sunday in Springfield this past week, newly retired Missouri State University softball head coach Holly Hesse bundled up for the brisk winter weather and took her two dogs on ...