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>>Lake Powell Missing, Dead

(Lake Powell, UT) -- One person is dead and two others missing after an accident at Lake Powell. Authorities say this happened yesterday morning. A motorboat and houseboat were involved. Kane County Sheriff’s Sgt. Alan Alldredge said that at around 8:15 a.m. Thursday, National Park Service dispatchers received reports of a boating accident at buoy 43 near Dangling Rope Marina. The accident involved a motor boat and a houseboat.


(SANDY) Sandy Utah Police are investigating the killing of an 86-year-old woman who they say was beaten to death with a golf club. It was shortly after 10 p.m last night, when Sandy Police say 911 dispatchers received a call from a woman reporting that her husband was having a psychotic episode. She said he was attacking her grandmother with a golf club. When officers arrived at the home, they found the 86-year-old woman dead. Her grandson-in-law was also at the house and was taken into custody without incident.

(Moab Utah)- Fire yesterday caused heavy smoke damage to a grtound floor apartment in the Archway Apartments on Kane Creek Boulavard. A witness, Wayne Day was among the first to see the fire..

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Corky Brewer, Moab Fire chief told us...

The resident of the apartment was away at the time of the fire.


LOA, Wayne County — A man and a woman from Tucson, Ariz., were killed Thursday after the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a Jeep that had crossed over into oncoming traffic on highway 24, near Loa. Bill Mitchell, 64, was driving a Victory motorcycle with passenger Diane Mitchell, 64, when a Jeep Wrangler crossed the center line from the eastbound lanes into the westbound lanes, the Utah Highway Patrol reported. The Jeep drove over the top of the motorcycle, rupturing the bike's fuel tank and causing both vehicles to burst into flames. The 17 year old driver was ejected from the vehiucle and taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.


>>Alleged Child Rapist Sought

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Police need your help in finding an alleged child rapist. Bolo Chervon [[ SHER-vahn ]] Laptiste [[ LAP-teest ]] is facing three charges of child rape. The 12-year-old alleged victim told police Laptiste first had her watch porn. Then he forced her to perform sex acts on him.

>>Pecan Harvester Info Release

(Hurricane, UT) -- A federal magistrate says a Hildale contractor needs to provide information on potential underage pecan harvesters. Paragon Contractors is accused of using child labor during last year's pecan harvest at the Southern Utah Pecan Ranch. As many as 14-hundred school-age children may have participated.

>>Former Polygamist's Book Banned

(Ivins, UT) -- A former polygamist is now banned from selling her book. Officials with the Tucahn Saturday Market said they got complaints of graphic content in Kristyn Decker's book. "Fifty Years In Polygamy" describes Decker's experiences as a sister wife.

>>Utah Arts Festival Kickoff

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Art lovers will be in heaven this weekend. The Utah Arts Festival runs from today through Sunday. There's over 160-vendors as well as plenty of food booths.



>>Daredevil Wallenda "Grand Canyon Walk" Sunday

(Cameron, AZ) -- Daredevil Nik Wallenda's so-called Grand Canyon Walk is only two days away. One year after he walked on a high wire over Niagara Falls, the 34-year-old Wallenda will attempt to walk on a high wire across the Little Colorado River Gorge, just east of Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. The wire stretches 14-hundred feet across the gorge, and 15-hundred feet above the dry riverbed. The area is part of the Navajo Nation's Little Colorado River Tribal Park. Wallenda's walk will be televised Sunday evening on The Discovery Channel.




　


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>>Potential Voters Skeptical Of Teen Mayoral Candidate

(Roy, UT) -- People in Roy admit they're a little skeptical of a plan by a teen to run for mayor, especially after he pled guilty to having a weapon of mass destruction.

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Joshua Hoggan announced yesterday he was running against Mayor Joe Ritchie and City Councilman Willard Cragun. Hoggan was sentenced to six months in a juvenile center last year after planning to set off a bomb at Roy High School.

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>>Top Ten Coolest Cars Under 18-Thousand

(Detroit, MI) -- Kelly Blue Book lists its top ten coolest cars priced under 18-thousand dollars. Alisa Zee has the details.

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>>New Tech Promises Faster Wi-Fi

(Austin, TX) -- New technology could make Wi-Fi up to 300-percent faster. The Wi-Fi Alliance is now certifying "a-c" devices that can offer speeds greater than one gigabit per second. That means movies and games download faster and more reliably. The new technology is big business. The Wi-Fi Alliance says the number of wireless devices in U.S. households has doubled in the last five years.


(Moab Utah)- Though a red flag warning indicating high fire danger has been issued for eastern and southern Utah on Thursday, only two major fires were burning on Utah landscapes. The Dark Canyon Fire in Manti-La Sal National Forest has burned about 350 acres in the Dark Canyon Wilderness, about 25 miles west of Monticello, in San Juan County. It was about 65 percent contained Thursday evening, and crews hope to have the lightning-caused blaze fully contained by Saturday afternoon.To the northeast, the Lackey Fan Fire, also in the Manti-La Sal National Forest, continued to burn about three miles northwest of La Sal. A lightning strike last week ignited that blaze, which had burned about 929 acres. Fire crews reached 85 percent containment on that blaze by Thursday. One firefighter was airlifted from the fire site to Moab for treatment of Smoke Inhalation.