- Bret Hanna | September 29, 2009 11:23 PM |
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MiscellaneousAn iron worker cutting a hole in the roof of a warehouse under construction near 2100 South and 4250 West set the building on fire. The fire broke out at about 11:15 a.m., and the flames spreading...
- Bret Hanna | September 28, 2009 11:38 PM |
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MiscellaneousFriday is World MRSA Day. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is nasty business. In 2006, the last year that MRSA cases were reported in Utah, there were 4,904 reported cases of...
- Bret Hanna | September 28, 2009 9:26 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsTwo accidental shootings over the weekend sent one teenager to the hospital and left one young woman dead. On Saturday, a 15-year-old boy hunting in Daggett County west of Dutch John shot himself in...
- Bret Hanna | September 26, 2009 7:29 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI've posted on this tragic case before because it seems so senseless. Brian Cardall died on June 9th, after he was tasered twice by a Hurricane police officer along the side of a highway in southern...
- Bret Hanna | September 25, 2009 7:04 PM |
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MiscellaneousIt has been awhile since I posted on the Logan Northern Canal disaster which occurred on July 11th. That is because nothing has been happening. It does not appear that state or local authorities...
- Bret Hanna | September 25, 2009 11:36 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 13-year-old Nevada boy was killed Wednesday night in a tragic rollover accident in southern Utah. Brandon Christopher Arduino-Boggs of Sandy Valley, Nevada, was killed after the car driven by his...
- Bret Hanna | September 24, 2009 11:07 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to an article in The Washington Post, hybrid and electric cars can pose an unexpected risk. The concern expressed in Japan and here in the U.S. is that these new breeds of cars are so...
- Bret Hanna | September 24, 2009 10:01 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAs Fall settles in and the temperatures begin to drop, the use of space heaters will increase and so will the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning and fires caused by them. Accordingly, the Consumer...
- Bret Hanna | September 22, 2009 11:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA woman was struck by a school bus early this morning in Salt Lake City as she crossed Redwood Road on 1700 South in a crosswalk. The accident occurred around 7:00 a.m. after the bus left the Salt...
- Bret Hanna | September 22, 2009 6:35 PM |
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MiscellaneousEarly Sunday morning, a 12-year-old Vernal girl fell from a motel window while sleepwalking. The girl was staying in a third floor room with her family at a Hampton Inn in Orem, when she fell about...
- Bret Hanna | September 21, 2009 10:57 PM |
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MiscellaneousAn off-duty Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy shot a bar patron at the Green Street Social Club in Trolley Square at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning. A fight erupted between 10 to 15 people and...
- Bret Hanna | September 21, 2009 9:57 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsUnbelievable. A student walking home from school in Pleasant Grove was hit by a full size semi with a belly dump trailer and the driver fled the scene. The accident happened at about 2:30 this...
- Bret Hanna | September 21, 2009 6:14 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 53-year-old Winnemucca man driving at a high rate of speed on Interstate 80 in Nevada lost control of his BMW and hit a van yesterday afternoon. The impact caused the van to roll several times...
- Bret Hanna | September 17, 2009 11:13 PM |
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MiscellaneousA smoke alarm went off at about 9:00 a.m. this morning in a home in the 3100 West block of 5825 South in Roy and the fire department was called. When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting out...
- Bret Hanna | September 17, 2009 9:55 PM |
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MiscellaneousUtah health officials are not expecting to see H1N1 flu vaccine doses until the middle of October, even though it is expected that doses will begin to ship from sources by the end of this month....
- Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 10:52 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAt about 7:15 a.m. this morning, a pickup truck flying through heavy traffic on I-15 caused an accident that brought morning northbound commuter to a standstill. The driver was headed through the...
- Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 10:19 PM |
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MiscellaneousAround noon on Monday, lighting struck the Top Flight Academy in Mt. Pleasant, a school for at-risk teen males, causing a fire that destroyed the building. The lightning bolt shot through the roof...
- Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 9:37 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on September 8th that Utah and 25 other states and tribal organizations will soon be able to provide colorectal cancer screenings to the...
- Bret Hanna | September 14, 2009 11:15 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsOn September 9th, a Food and Drug Administration committee issued a recommendation that the Gardasil vaccine manufactured by Merck be given to males between the ages of 9 and 26 to prevent genital...
- Bret Hanna | September 04, 2009 10:47 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseBeatrice Barker, 90, died in June and now her son and daughter-in-law have been charged with abusing her and stealing from her. Corin Lynn Barker and his wife, Nadine Barker, were charged Tuesday...
- Bret Hanna | September 04, 2009 4:12 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAn 80-year-old woman died earlier this week after she was struck by a small truck while she was walking through a Shopko parking lot in Logan. Barbara McGregor Hales, a retired Utah State University...
- Bret Hanna | September 03, 2009 9:32 PM |
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MiscellaneousWhat is this world coming to? More specifically, what is the U.S. Military coming to? A U.S. Marine Corps recruiter was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of having sex with a 15-year-old girl he met...
- Bret Hanna | September 03, 2009 8:46 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA bull escaped from its owner in South Jordan yesterday and, among other things, ran over an 80-year-old man. People attempted to subdue the raucous animal but were unsuccessful so police tased it....
- Bret Hanna | September 01, 2009 10:38 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFour teens got into a car and slipped into the darkness early Sunday morning for what appears to be a joy ride. Unfortunately, that joy ride ended with an accident that killed all four. The accident...
- Bret Hanna | September 01, 2009 12:12 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsI blogged yesterday about a horrible street racing accident in Big Cottonwood Canyon last Thursday night that critically injured a father and son. Since looking into that accident, I have discovered...