2013-02-18

Monday, February 18, 2013

EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES – The Rhome City Council last week voted to fund an EMS first responder position and approved a measure to create an incentive program for active members of the Rhome Volunteer Fire Department. In the past year, the city has struggled to staff the fire department during regular workday hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through […]

Man killed in tree trimming accident

A 79-year-old man from Greenwood was killed this morning when a large tree he was trimming fell and struck him. Bill Maxwell was trimming trees by a creek bed on his property, just down the hill from his home, when the accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. The farm is located in the 1200 block of Farm Road 1204, a couple […]