Mark Hardin’s heart sank when he saw the bank account balance for his town’s volunteer fire department last month: $169. Firefighters in Calhoun, Mo., desperately needed new gear and they’d ...

When Mark Hardin first saw the cheque for half a million dollars, he could barely form words. Hardin is the volunteer fire chief in rural Calhoun, Mo. He says his department had $169 US left in ...

Mark Hardin brought a sense of pride and community to the table when he started as chief of the Calhoun Volunteer Fire Department in 2021. When he started, it was a department of just one with old ...