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Month: August 2024

Athlete drowns during CrossFit Games in Texas

Athlete drowns during CrossFit Games in Texas

ABC News (FORT WORTH, Texas.) — An athlete drowned during a swimming event at a CrossFit competition in Texas on Thursday, the organization said. The death occurred on the first day of the CrossFit Games, being held in Fort Worth through Sunday. The events have been canceled for the rest […]

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Noah Lyles comes up short in bid for double, takes bronze in 200 meters; Letsile Tebogo takes gold

Noah Lyles comes up short in bid for double, takes bronze in 200 meters; Letsile Tebogo takes gold

Hannah Peters/Getty Images (PARIS) — Noah Lyles came up short in his quest for the 100-meter, 200-meter double at the Paris Olympics. He did get the bronze, but had been aiming to be the first American to win both in 40 years. Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo took the gold in 19.46 […]

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Nominees announced for Sixth District Court judge

Nominees announced for Sixth District Court judge

The Sixth District Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the nominees being considered to replace Judge Marvin Bagley, who is retiring September 30.  The nominees include Kent Burggraaf, city attorney for Kanab; Arik Butler, former Sanpete County deputy county attorney, who now works in the Attorney General’s office; Jeffrey Makin, senior […]

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2 wanted for allegedly stealing human remains from New Orleans apartment

2 wanted for allegedly stealing human remains from New Orleans apartment

New Orleans Police Department (NEW ORLEANS) — Police in New Orleans are seeking two people accused of stealing human remains from an apartment. The suspects allegedly stole “a bicycle and of a package containing the remains of a deceased person” from the apartment on July 26, according to the New […]

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Boy In Hospital After Water Container Accident

(Cedar City, UT) — A boy is in the hospital following an accident involving a water container in Iron County. The sheriff’s office says the child was in the back of a pickup truck Tuesday when he was pinned by the water container. The container had been strapped in but […]

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Honie Executed At State Correctional Facility

Honie Executed At State Correctional Facility

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The man convicted of killing a Cedar City woman in 1998 has been put to death. Taberon Honie was executed just after midnight at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City after more than two decades of being on death row. He was […]

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How the marine ecosystem in Maui is faring 1 year after the wildfires

How the marine ecosystem in Maui is faring 1 year after the wildfires

Mario Tama/Getty Images (MAUI, Hawaii.) –Scientists say they still don’t understand the full extent of the damage the Maui wildfires did to the corals and marine ecosystem off the west coast of the island. After an initial blaze sparked into a weeklong series of wildfires, the needs of those on […]

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Veteran actor lured in women, sexually assaulted them: Police

Veteran actor lured in women, sexually assaulted them: Police

LAPD (LOS ANGELES) — An actor is accused of luring at least three women into a “false sense of security” then violently sexually assaulting them without their consent, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Gabriel Olds, 52, was arrested and booked on seven felony sexual assault charges on Wednesday, […]

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Maui wildfires a year later: The major developments amid the cleanup and recovery

Maui wildfires a year later: The major developments amid the cleanup and recovery

Mario Tama/Getty Images (MAUI, Hawaii.) — Thursday marks one year since the start of the devastating wildfires in West Maui that left 100 people dead or missing, destroyed thousands of structures and parched the local landscape. The historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was […]

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Biden reflects on deadly Maui wildfire, saying community shows ‘strength and resilience’ a year later

Biden reflects on deadly Maui wildfire, saying community shows ‘strength and resilience’ a year later

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden penned a letter to commemorate one year since the fatal fires in Maui. In the letter, he reflected on the devastation he saw in his visit to the island and how the flames impacted the communities in Lahaina and Kula. “We said […]

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