Firefighters from all three Bedford Fire Department stations responded. No one was injured while fighting the blaze. Brown County Family's Lives A Brown County woman saved her family from a fire that destroyed their home after she heard the smoke detector. You should have one in every room. If I had been in my bedroom, we might not have escaped.
Smoke alarms do save lives.
All Charlestown City employees would have to submit to periodic drug testing under an ordinance that received preliminary approval last night. The City Council is expected to approve the final two readings at the council's March 20 meeting. Mayor Bob Hall has said he will be the first employee tested. Twenty-eight of the city's 30 employees would be covered by the policy. Applicants for those jobs will be tested before being hired, and applicants who test positive will not be hired, according to the policy.