An Oklahoma medical doctor is accused of traveling to South Florida and staging the death of her 4-year-old daughter to make it appear the child ...

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — Grant County's annual burn ban went into effect Sunday, June 1. The ban is in place until September 30 and limits all residential burning, including yard waste and garbage.

Polk County's burn ban has been lifted due to recent heavy rains lowering the fire risk. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is down to 201 as of May 14.

The initial burn ban came after a prescribed fire got out of control April 21 in the Plum Creek area near Johnstown in Brown County. The entire state is in “abnormally dry” to “extreme drought” ...

Gov. Jim Pillen has authorized the Nebraska National Guard to mobilize 29 soldiers and airmen to assist local volunteer fire departments, which were battling the Plum Creek Fire near Johnstown, Neb., ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Fire crews are working across Polk County to keep small fires from becoming devastating ones amid a county-wide burn ban. “We’re a long way out from being out of ...

LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen enacted a new burn ban Tuesday for central and western Nebraska through May 10 in response to continued “very dry” conditions. The new executive order rescinds a previous ...

LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen enacted a new burn ban Tuesday for central and western Nebraska through May 10 in response to continued “very dry” conditions. The new executive order ...

On Thursday, the Okeechobee County Public Safety Director and Fire Chief Earl Wooten issued an immediate countywide burn ban. The ban was put in effect because of escalating fire risks associated ...

OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. — A county-wide burn ban has been issued for Okeechobee County due to escalating fire risks associated with current dry conditions, officials said.