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FOOTBALL PLAYER-SEXUAL ASSAULT-LAWSUIT
Victims of ex-Utah State football player suing university
(Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two women raped by a former Utah State University football player are suing the university.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court claims the school fostered an environment where sexual assaults were tolerated.
Torrey Green was sentenced in March to 26 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting six women he dated between 2013 and 2015.
Green had signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2016 but was dropped after the allegations surfaced.
The women say the university failed to investigate multiple assault allegations, offer health and counseling services or warn other students about Green.
An attorney for them was not immediately available to comment.
A USU spokesman says the school has not yet been served with the lawsuit.
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ARMED STUDENT ARRESTED
Logan student arrested for bringing gun to school
(Information from: The Herald Journal, http://www.hjnews.com)
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Logan teenager has been arrested after authorities say he brought a gun to school.
The Herald Journal reports the 16-year-old boy was taken into custody Monday afternoon off-campus during a lunch break.
According to a statement from Fast Forward Charter High School, other students spotted the gun in the student's possession and informed the principal.
Logan police were called around 12:30 p.m. and a lockdown of the school was put in place.
Investigators did not say why the teen brought a firearm to campus and if he was still being held.
School officials say counselors will be available Tuesday in case students need them.
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ZION VISITATION
Zion visitation continues to climb, sets summer record
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park visitation set records this summer, averaging more than a half-million visitors per month.
The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that yearly park visitors have more than doubled over the last decade at the southern Utah park known for its red-rock cliffs and narrow slot canyons.
Park officials have been struggling how to handle the crowds, and this year limited the number of people who could hike two of the most popular trails on holidays. Park spokesman Eugenne Moisa says visitors to Angels Landing and the Narrows were kept waiting in the shade, instead of on the narrow, sunny trails.
The nonprofit Zion Forever Project is also accepting donations to expand access to the east side of the park in hopes of dispersing visitors to that less-visited area.
CHILD ABUSE-MAN CHARGED
Police: Utah man sexually abused children, drugged food
OREM, Utah (AP) — An Orem man has been charged with rape and child abuse after authorities say he repeatedly sexually abused three young children and drugged their food.
The Daily Herald reports 34-year-old Adam Jay Moore was charged on September 25 with rape, several counts of sexual abuse, child abuse and related crimes.
Court documents state Moore sexually assaulted the children several times between 2011 and 2014. They were all under the age of 10.
Authorities say Moore put alcohol in the children's sippy cups and fed them pancakes with drugs in them.
Charges state he also forced the children to watch pornography videos and threatened to kill one of them if they told anyone about the abuse.
An attorney listed for Moore did not immediately return calls and emails seeking comment.
FATAL PARACHUTE CRASH
Police identify Idaho man killed in Utah aircraft accident
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have identified an Idaho man who was killed when his powered parachute crashed in southern Utah.
Authorities say 68-year-old Rodney Pridmore died when his aircraft crashed Saturday at the San Rafael Swell, a geological formation west of Green River.
Police say Pridmore was one of five men who used powered parachutes to travel from the Huntington Airport to Sid and Charley, a pair of red sandstone rock towers in the swell.
Authorities say Pridmore was the first in the air around noon.
He radioed the group to report problems with his powdered parachute, which consists of a frame, small engine, wheels, and a parachute.
Police say Pridmore then crashed and died upon impact.
The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to investigate the accident.
NUCLEAR LEGACY-MINORITIES
US official: Research finds uranium in Navajo women, babies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials say federal research shows that about a quarter of Navajo women who participated in a study of uranium exposure had high levels of the radioactive metal in their systems.
Dr. Loretta Christensen, the chief medical officer for Indian Health Service facilities that serve the Navajo Nation, cited the research at a congressional field hearing in Albuquerque.
The Monday hearing centered on the atomic age's legacy on Native American communities. Cleanup of abandoned uranium mines continues decades after they closed.
Christensen says the research also shows some babies born in recent years had high concentrations of uranium. She says research is ongoing.
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a New Mexico Democrat, says Native Americans were disproportionately affected by uranium mining and nuclear testing for Cold War weaponry.
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