The Townsend, MA, Fire Dept. has received an HME Ahrens-Fox 2,500-gallon tanker. It's built on a 1871-W HME Ahrens-Fox chassis and a MFDxl-12 mid-roof cab with a large windshield. It is powered by a ...

The fire department chief in Townsend is facing allegations that he violated the state’s conflict of interest law when his private company received more than $5 million in contracts from the town, the ...

TOWNSEND — Fire Chief Gary Shepherd denied any wrongdoing in the case of his private company getting more than $5 million of contract work with the town of Townsend after the State Ethics Commission ...

Firefighters reported no injuries after a blaze destroyed a landmark Townsend restaurant Friday morning, Nov. 1. Trailhead Steak and Trout, 7839 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, is the second Townsend ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. — Townsend Police Chief Kevin Condee said fire investigators have determined the cause of the fire at the Trailhead Steak and Trout House. Investigators with the Blount County Fire ...

A Townsend woman is dead after she caught fire Monday. Witnesses said Julie G. Whetstone, 50, Lizzie Lane, had been trying to light the wood stove in her yurt. Marian O’Briant, public information ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — A restaurant building in Townsend is a total loss after a fire early Friday morning, according to Townsend Fire Chief Don Stallions. Crews in Blount County were called to the ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...