News from around the Southland includes items from Oak Forest, Metra’s Electric line, Orland Park, Flossmoor, Palos Hills and Crestwood.

July 23, 2025 The City of Santa Barbara is proud to announce the recent acquisition of a new Pierce Arrow XT Aerial ...

The Santa Barbara Fire Department (SBFD) has acquired a new Pierce Arrow XT Aerial Ladder Truck, significantly enhancing its emergency response ...

The department has named the truck “Maverick” in honor of Maverick Lee Flinn, the 4-year-old son of Seymour firefighter ...

A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s ...

The Oxford Fire Department firefighters took possession of their new Engine #1 on Thursday and commemorated the new truck by ...

At approximately 10 p.m. on Friday, July 18th, Everett Fire Engine #1 and Paramedic Unit #1 were dispatched to a medical ...

The Dexter Area Fire Department (DAFD) got a new and important addition to its fleet of emergency vehicles when a new fire truck arrived at station #2 on August 1, providing what DAFD Fire Chief Doug ...

Historian Bill Blunden will lead a discussion about Antique Fire Apparatus at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7, at the Old Forge ...

Firefighters are working the uncontained Green Fire, Horse Fire and Helena Fire in the Shasta-Trinity forest. Here's what we know Wednesday.