KCYN-KCPX News 30July2012 Monday

Flash Flood Watch in effect from Noon today through this evening.  The area includes Lake Powell and San Refael Swell.  More information on KCYN-KCPX.

>>Fatal Shooting In Salt Lake

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- One man is dead and another is wounded in a dispute among three men in Salt Lake City. Police arrested the alleged gunman on Grant Street near 400 North. It happened Saturday evening. Names were not available.
>>Lightning-Struck Hiker In Critical Condition

(Summit County, UT) -- A man is in critical condition after he was struck by lightning while hiking in Summit County over the weekend. Summit County Sheriff's deputies say the man was hiking near Amethyst Lake when he was struck late Saturday. He was airlifted to the hospital by helicopter. Amethyst Lake is east of Mirror Lake.

>>Boy Scouts Rescued Off Box Elder County Mountain

(Box Elder County, UT) -- A Boy Scout Troop is safe after a mountain rescue in Perry Canyon in Box Elder County. Five boys and two adults were hiking when they got stranded above Perry Reservoir. Authorities got a call Saturday afternoon and search and rescue crews used ATVs to hunt for them. One of the leaders and the boys were dehydrated and one leader needed care for a cut.

>>Orem Survey Says Big Majority Of Mormon Leaders Vote

(Utah County, UT) -- An Orem survey is showing Mormon leaders register and vote. Utah County consultant Aaron Campbell reviewed voting patterns for 21 Orem LDS stake presidents. He found all are registered and in 2008 they all voted. Fifty-two-percent voted in 2009 and 38-percent in 2011 off year elections. Their turnout was 95-percent in 2010's general election.

>>Principals Spending Time To Network

(Undated) -- Principals in the Granite School District are planning some togetherness time. A number of the district's principals head for the Mill Hollow Outdoor Education Center southeast of Salt Lake Thursday. The trip is a way for the educators to trade ideas for the upcoming school year and checking out the camp facilities for kids. Thousands of students will spend time at the camp this summer.

>>Ambulance Crash Injures Eleven

(Hurricane, UT) -- The Utah Highway Patrol is reporting eleven people were hurt in a crash between an ambulance and a van in Hurricane. The ambulance was running with lights and siren with a patient, his wife and five ambulance crewmembers Saturday night from Colorado City, Arizona to St. George. The worst injury was an eight-year-old van passenger who suffered critical injuries. None of the other injures is thought to be life threatening.

>>Three New Wildfires Burning

(Undated) -- Crews are battling three wildfires that broke out over the weekend. The biggest is the Dallas Canyon Fire, burning out of control in the Cedar Mountain Wilderness in Tooele County. Lightning started the fire late Friday, and the blaze quickly grew to around 15-thousand acres as it burns toward Intestate-80. Firefighters are also battling the Track fire, which is burning east of the Dallas Canyon Fire. Lightning started a third fire, named the Ibapah Fire. It's burned about 300 acres, along the Utah-Nevada line south of Wendover. There's no word on what caused the Track or Ibapah fires.

>>Weber County Fire Marshal Says Fire Danger Still High

(Ogden, UT) -- Weber County's fire marshal doesn't agree with the U.S. Forest Service's assessment of fire danger. Weber Fire Marshal Ted Black says the fire danger is still high. Black says afternoon temperatures are still in the high 90s and this is the time of year when dry lightning is common. Weber County has banned campfires in improved fire pits this summer.


TAYLOSRVILLE — The Unified Police Department has issued an endangered missing advisory for a Taylorsville teen who has not been seen since Saturday night.
Police say 15-year-old Olivia Graham left home Saturday at around 2:00 p.m. after getting into an argument with her mother. She took several of her belongings with her and has not been heard from since that time. She lives in the area of 1800 West and 5000 South.
Graham has several mental disabilities which require medication. Police say she functions at roughly a 9-year- old level. Graham was last seen wearing black athletic shorts, a black and grey tank top and a cream and gray jacket. She has brown hair down to her shoulders, brown eyes, is 5 foot 4 inches and weighs roughly 100 pounds.