Vernon Collett, 60, collapsed while fighting a field fire in rural Missouri Saturday afternoon. Collett had been with the ...

Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire.

Capt. Vernon Collett, a lifelong resident of the county he served, was with the Johnson County Fire Protection District for ...

Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire.

A Johnson County Fire Protection District Captain died in the line of duty while battling a fire near Valley City on Saturday ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered U.S. and Missouri flags at Johnson County government buildings to fly at half-staff on Friday in honor of Vernon Collett. Collett, 60, was a captain at the Johnson County Fire ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe issued an order for flags to fly half-staff on Friday after a Johnson County firefighter died in the line of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County, Missouri, Fire Protection District captain died in the line of duty Saturday afternoon.

A fire captain in Johnson County, Missouri, has died in the line of duty. The Johnson County Fire Protection District says ...

Capt. Vernon Collett died at the scene of a half-acre field fire on a property near Knob Knoster, Missouri, around 3 p.m. on Saturday.

The state senator flatly denied the allegations in a text message and phone call with The Star, saying she has never ...