An Indiana fire department got a call from a local National Guard base with an unusual — though not unheard of — request. A paratrooper on a training jump at the Guard’s Muscatatuck Training ...

according to the Indiana Department of Transportation. It is believed the driver of the truck had pulled over to repair a flat tire when the brakes on the rig overheated, catching fire.

Jeffersonville’s City Council already approved the new fire district and with Utica’s fire board signing off Friday it will next head to Indiana Department ... much as 30%. Hill says its ...