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McDonald's sign crushes car, injuring teen
Published on May 28, 2010 at 03:03PM
(RICHFIELD) – A 14-year old boy from Glendale, CA. was taken to the hospital today after a McDonald’s advertising sign in Richfield blew off and crushed the car he was sitting in. According to Sgt. Russ Horton with the Richfield City Police Department, the boy’s mother, Yalanda Amaya, was traveling through the city and stopped at McDonalds to get lunch at about 12:30pm, when high winds blew the Golden Arches sign off the pole and landed on a four-passenger Hertz rental car, totaling the automobile. The report said the boy was transported to the Sevier Valley Medical Center in Richfield with minor head and knee injuries. Horton said two other automobiles belonging to Mike Willis of Monroe and Kelly Barton of Central Valley were damaged in the incident. Power was also turned off in parts of Richfield due to power lines crossing each other and a power pole blew over behind K-Mart. High winds have also caused stop lights to be shut down and authorities are asking motorists to treat intersections as four-way stops. Winds gusting in excess of 50 miles-per-hour have been recorded in the local areas.
Ex-BLM official commits suicide
Published on May 28, 2010 at 10:42AM
(KANAB) – The former manager of the BLM Kanab Field Office awaiting sex crimes with children has died of an apparent suicide. According to police reports, 62-year old Rex Smart killed himself today. His death was determined to be self-inflicted. Court papers said Smart was scheduled to appear in court today on charges of aggravated sex abuse of a child, a first-degree felony and two counts of sex abuse of a child, both second-degree felonies. He was charged on May 17 for those crimes. Court records said the alleged crimes occurred on July 6, 2007. Smart had been charged in 2007 with several first-degree felonies of sex crimes against children that involved a girl, who was then nine years of age, when the incidents first occurred between June 2005 and September 2006.
Numerous Track Athletes Excel @ West Regionals
Published on May 28, 2010 at 12:22AM
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)-Texas-El Paso’s Blessing Okagbare placed first in the womens’ 100-meter dash to lead the way for numerous athletes scattered throughout the West at the NCAA West Regionals Thursday at the University of Texas at Austin. Other wins came from Texas A&M’s Jessica Bears in the womens’ 400-meter dash, Brigham Young’s Angela Wagner in the womens’ 800-meter dash, Jordan Hasay of Oregon in the womens’ 1500-meter dash, Iowa State’s Lisa Koll in the womens’ 10,000-meter dash, Angie Cooper of Texas in the womens’ 400-meter hurdles, UCLA’s Katy Viuf in the womens’ pole vault, Karen Shump of Oklahoma in the womens’ shot put and Texas-El Paso’s Anna Wessman in the womens’ javelin.
As for the men, Teddy Williams of Texas-San Antonio won the 100-meter dash, Texas A&M’s Demetrius Pinder won the 400-meter dash, Baylor’s Chris Gowell placed first in the 800-meter dash, A.J. Acosta of Oregon won the 1500-meter dash, Oklahoma State’s John Kosgei won the 10,000-meter dash, Jeshua Anderson of Washington State won the 400-meter hurdles, Marquise Goodwin of Texas placed first in the long jump, Ryan Whiting of Arizona State took the shot put crown and Boise State’s Pontus Thomee earned the javelin title.
The meet will resume Friday.