Fire departments plan benefit for Rhett Kurpgeweit

Two area fire and rescue departments will give an area couple and their 16-month-old son assistance with ongoing medical bills during an upcoming fundraiser.

Members of the Ewing and Bartlett fire departments will host a benefit for Rhett Kurpgeweit, his parents Matt and Alyx and sister, Wesley, Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Wheeler County Fairgrounds in Bartlett. The event will begin at 5 p.m.

A freewill offering will be accepted for the meal. Silent auction items and a gun raffle are also planned.

Rhett has been diagnosed with lissencephaly, known as smooth brain syndrome.

According to the Cleve...