Preparedness

Justin Noe, Emergency Management Director for Laurel County, said the warming center was to provide shelter for anyone who needed a warm place to stay during the cold temperatures and wintery weather.

As temperatures plunged below freezing this weekend and strong winds downed trees across the metro area, taking out power lines, more than 100,000 customers lost power in the Portland area.

Sewickley partnered with the company to use CodeRED, a cloud-based software system that sends out messages to subscribers. "The goal is to sign up as many people as we can. If something came up, we can use it today and it's not a problem."

Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell said that Justice Department officials called her about the report release. She said she was surprised that the news got out because DOJ wanted the matter kept "top secret."

The county will require its next provider to develop an “appropriate tiered system” for their responses, offering things like at-home telehealth appointments when appropriate, instead of just transporting people to the hospital.

The main effect for today will be strong wind gusts, especially late this afternoon into Saturday. These high winds could snap tree limbs, leading to power outages, and blow around any unsecured objects.

The gear firefighters wear on every call contains cancer-causing chemicals, and a new Connecticut law allows firefighters diagnosed with cancer to receive workers’ compensation.

The National Weather Service says Thursday evening will take a turn, with a low of 12 degrees and a 40 percent chance of snow. Friday is expecting a high of 21 with that same chance of snow before noon.

California consistently ranks first in the nation in human trafficking cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. This new law would imprison repeat offenders for life.

The region could see gusts up to 55 mph Wednesday. That could lead to more power outages, the NWS notes, as tree branches come down.

Norwich Public Utilities said the break forced the Bean Hill Substation to power down, affecting 5,000 customers. The substation was taken offline to prevent it from experiencing “potentially catastrophic damage.”

The Utah State Board of Education recently approved plans that would allow schools to make use of AI gun detection technology from the video analytics platform ZeroEyes. The technology is able to identify firearms in real time.

This new piece of equipment will be available to all emergency services agencies in the county, specifically divers from the Clark County Sheriff's Office and the Clarksville Fire Department.

“The Governor and NC Emergency Management officials are urging North Carolinians to be safe and cautious during heavy rainfall and winds, and to expect flooding and power outages as a strong weather system will impact the state Tuesday.

Just last March, a tornado unleashed its fury in portions of Baldwin County, leaving a path of destruction and an undetermined amount of damage to buildings on the campus of Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin hospital in Milledgeville.

Tuscaloosa police officers responded about 10:30 a.m. to University Mall after staff received an email bomb threat that was later determined to be a hoax.

When Keizer, Ore., was hit by ransomware in 2020, part of the data that was encrypted was police electronic evidence. The city is beefing up its defenses to help stop the same thing from happening again.

Law enforcement officers spanning multiple agencies — including the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office and the Perry Police Department — raced to the high school in the suburbs some 25 miles northwest of Des Moines.