October 7, 2016 - When a house fire was discovered at 195 CR 4405 by a neighbor early Friday, October 7 the Center Fire Department responded at 1:03am. The fire was fully involved when the firemen arrived and the majority of the mobile home had burned to the ground.

October 6, 2016 - (Update): The city of Center experienced a large area power outage early Thursday, October 6, 2016 which amongst other things blacked out the Center square.

According to Carey Sullivan, SWEPCO representative, at 5:50am a vehicle hit a guy-wire and broke a utility pole on the main circuit causing an outage effecting 1,474 customers. About 1,000 customers' power was restored by 8am and the remained were back on by 10:50am.

October 6, 2016 - West Shelby Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire located on the west end of ongoing construction at 6713 State Highway 7 West October 5, 2016 at 4:55pm.

October 4, 2016 - The Timpson Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a house located on Ross Graves Drive at 1:37pm October 2, 2016 where the firemen learned three individuals were seen fleeing the house.

October 3, 2016 - The Center Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 6:45am on CR 3016.

Upon arrival at the scene, a barn in which it appeared chicken litter was being stored had burned to the ground.