At the Shawnee Township trustees meeting Monday night, three new firefighters were sworn into the Shawnee Township Fire Department.

Fire crews quickly controlled a late-night fire at a renovated home in Shawnee Township, and the cause remains under investigation.

Subzero temperatures and a frozen fire hydrant made difficult conditions for fire fighters to battle two homes on fire Tuesday morning.

The Shawnee Township trustees narrowly approved a resolution sending proposed ballot language for a fire renewal levy to the Allen County Board of Elections.

A long and contentious battle between the Shawnee Township trustees and their fire chief appears to be over.

The Shawnee Twp. Firefighters Union says that charges have been dropped following a termination hearing held on Monday with township trustees. 

Shawnee Township trustees have suspended Fire Chief Austin Miller without pay following the completion of an independent investigation, though officials declined to release details about the findings.

Firefighters in Shawnee Township contained an early morning blaze that destroyed two outbuildings on Chipman Avenue while preventing it from spreading to a nearby home.

In Shawnee Township, some pizza deliveries came via fire truck this evening.

“Every home should have a fire escape plan, knowing two ways out of every room, making sure your children know that their job is simply to get out and stay out. Your home should have a meeting place somewhere outside in your front yard — a landmark like a basketball pole or a mailbox — where everyone in your home knows to go to so that way you can keep accountability,” said Matt Reaman, Shawnee Township Fire Prevention Officer.