The Wellington Police Fire/EMS complex houses a special piece of steel in the front lobby. It’s a piece of I-beam recovered from the Twin Tower wreckage site just a few months after the 9/11 tragedy. More.

There have been more than 340 mass shooting in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Dr. Sherman Lee, an associate professor at Christopher Newport University, spent multiple years examining the link between anxiety and mass shootings. More.

Monday night, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest killed five people in a southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. Two children — ages 2 and 13 — were injured. Another shooting occurred the same night at a street festival in Fort Worth, Texas, killing three people and wounding eight. More.

Work is now underway next to City Hall on the 9/11 memorial that will house a piece of steel crafted from the World Trade Center. A concrete footer has been poured along the sidewalk of Lincoln Street that will support the 12 feet wide and 8 feet high stone memorial. More.

America has the highest gun ownership in the world, and in 2022, there were 647 mass shootings across the country. With such an unbelievably high number, how many lives are mentally rocked by the toll of gun violence? More.

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 took the lives of nearly 3,000 people that day, but went on to impact the lives of thousands more who lived and worked in the surrounding area. More.

Organizers of a memorial fundraiser have added a way for participants to honor 9/11 firefighters, step by step. Participants in the Springfield Area Memorial Stair Climb can either climb the bleacher stairs at Plaster Stadium or walk the field. More.

The health impacts from the devastating events that unfolded on 9/11 are still with us 22 years later. Experts say those who were near the twin towers were subjected to harmful particles and debris that caused various cancers and a slew of other health issues. More.