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Month: August 2020

Prep Sports Roundup: 8/26

Prep Sports Roundup: 8/26

Volleyball Region 14 MT. PLEASANT, Utah-The North Sanpete Hawks gashed Maeser Prep 3-0 Wednesday in Region 14 volleyball action. The Hawks earned wins of 25-15, 25-19 and 25-20 to pull out the victory over the Lions in straight sets. Region 20 HILDALE, Utah-The Panguitch Bobcats got past Water Canyon 3-0 […]

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Sheriff has grim advice for those who don’t evacuate Hurricane Laura

Sheriff has grim advice for those who don’t evacuate Hurricane Laura

ABC NewsBy KARMA ALLEN, MAX GOLEMBO and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Laura is approaching the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane with “unsurvivable storm surge” expected in some areas, according to the National Hurricane Center. “Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic […]

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Ammon Bundy arrested 2nd straight day for violating Idaho statehouse ban

Ammon Bundy arrested 2nd straight day for violating Idaho statehouse ban

pinkomelet/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (BOISE, Idaho) — For the second time in 24 hours, Idaho state troopers arrested and physically removed state rights leader Ammon Bundy from the Boise statehouse after he violated the chamber’s rules. Bundy, who joined several maskless protesters in three days of action against the […]

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Firefighters from across the country aid in battling wildfires in California

Firefighters from across the country aid in battling wildfires in California

LordRunar/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The massive deadly infernos have become the second and third largest fires in state history and as firefighters work tirelessly, businesses in Santa Cruz are being looted.As California continues to battle raging wildfires across the state, it’s getting help from neighbors across […]

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Authorities identify Kenosha cop who shot Jacob Blake, say Blake had knife

Authorities identify Kenosha cop who shot Jacob Blake, say Blake had knife

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy WILLIAM MANSELL, MORGAN WINSOR, SABRINA GHEBREMEDHIN, and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (KENOSHA, Wis.) — Authorities on Wednesday night identified the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, which has led to four days of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and renewed calls nationwide to end police […]

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Dixie State Football Team Lifts Car, Saves Woman’s Life During St. George Flooding

Dixie State Football Team Lifts Car, Saves Woman’s Life During St. George Flooding

ST. GEORGE, Utah-This past Sunday evening, monsoonal moisture entered into Washington County, shutting down Interstate 15 in St. George and closing streets throughout the city. As the storms raged, Dixie State University football players watched events unfold from a balcony. These student-athletes, redshirt freshman quarterback Kaleb Hatch of El Paso, […]

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Utah students implore parents to stop fighting mask mandates

Utah students implore parents to stop fighting mask mandates

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — High school seniors joined Gov. Gary Herbert at a weekly briefing imploring parents to stop fighting Utah’s face covering mandate in schools. Three Enterprise High School students on Wednesday voiced frustration with parents and other community members who planned a no-mask protest Monday  in St. […]

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More scrutiny needed of Florida coronavirus isolation centers, seniors’ advocates say

More scrutiny needed of Florida coronavirus isolation centers, seniors’ advocates say

ABC NewsBY: LAURA ROMERO and MATTHEW MOSK (MIAMI) — Advocates for nursing home residents have raised concerns that some facilities being used by Florida officials as isolation units for those who test positive for the coronavirus have a checkered history of citations. Despite official assurances that the facilities have been […]

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Everything you need to know about hurricanes

Everything you need to know about hurricanes

iStock/Darwin BrandisBY: JOYEETA BISWAS and MEGHAN KENEALLY, ABC News (NEW ORLEANS) — Hurricane Laura is roaring toward the Texas-Louisiana border as a Category 4 storm and is expected to make landfall Wednesday or early Thursday, bringing with it dangerous storm surge and heavy rain. The National Weather Service (NWS) said […]

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17-year-old suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 2 at Jacob Blake protest in Kenosha

17-year-old suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 2 at Jacob Blake protest in Kenosha

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy WILLIAM MANSELL, MORGAN WINSOR, SABRINA GHEBREMEDHIN, and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (KENOSHA, Wis.) — Protests following the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, continued for a third night Tuesday into Wednesday as police deployed tear gas, flash bangs and rubber bullets […]

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