SCHENECTADY — Thirty-year Schenectady Fire Department veteran George Burns has been selected to serve as the city’s new fire chief, succeeding former chief Donald Mareno.

At a public roundtable Monday, township officials and fire chiefs looked at ways to make the department more efficient.

Officials said in a social media release the Apex Fire Department responded to a working fire around 10:50 a.m. on the 1200 ...

Deputies in Henderson County, North Carolina, charged a man after reports of embezzlement from a local youth sports league.

ASHEVILLE - Buncombe County's unemployment rate fell in December, but remained among the highest in North Carolina, according to data released by the North Carolina Department of Commerce on Feb. 5.