14-year-old Matthew Parker was pronounced dead Thursday after a late night boat ride at Lake Powell. Glen Canyon Recreation Area spokesman Max King told SUN News the Hurricane resident was enjoying a trip with his Boy Scouts group near Antelope Island. Around 9:30 p.m. the group was making a return trip in a boat from […]
Update: The Anasazi Wildfire is fully contained. The blaze burned over the weekend on Old Highway 91 near Kayenta. The Anasazi Wildfire started just after noon on Saturday and has burned 215 acres. One 20 person hand crew is on the ground fighting the blaze with two helicopters in the air, three single engine air […]
A 53-year-old man was sent to the hospital around 6:15 Friday night after driving a scooter into a wall. St. George Police told SUN News the man asked his female friend if he could use her scooter to learn how to operate two-wheeled motor vehicles. With her help he was able to ride it for […]
Below is the list for Pioneer Day Celebrations held throughout Washington County. Ivins Pancake Breakfast – from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. sponsored by the Ivins City Firefighters Association Flag Raising Ceremony – at 8:00 A.M. at Ivins City Hall Parade on Center Street – at 9:00 A.M. Activities in the Park – lasts until […]
St. George Police received a call Friday at 12:45 P.M. from the K-mart Pharmacy workers reporting they were robbed. Police arrived at the scene and upon interviewing witnesses as well as viewing surveillance tape, Captain Kyle Whitehead told SUN News that a white male possibly in his mid-30’s walked into the store wearing a surgical […]
As southern Utah gets bigger, the pace gets faster! Everything from our internet to fast-food, our lives get quicker every day, and one new addition to St. George’s medical arsenal will make your trip to the hospital move in the same direction. Dixie Regional Medical Center unveiled its crown jewel of agile transportation today at […]
A St. George man was killed Wednesday when he ran a red light at 800 North 800 East in Orem. Sgt. Craig Martinez of the Orem Police Department told SUN News, 68-year-old Gordan Ellis Olds and two teenage passengers were involved in the accident after Olds was broadsided by a silver van coming through the […]
Dixie Regional Medical Center is preparing to formally unveil the latest addition to its life-saving crew– the Augusta Life Flight Helicopter. The state-of-the-art aircraft will provide a quicker, more efficient way of maintaining the health of patients involved in serious accidents. The helicopter will be deployed all throughout southern Utah and will pose more swift […]
Sometimes plans for family fun go awry. An elderly woman found that out the hard way Friday in downtown St. George. 65-year-old Linda Williamson was enjoying the new carousel in town square with her husband and grandson when an 8-foot fiberglass panel, weighing about 25 pounds, fell on her head. She was taken to the […]
Dixie Regional Medical Center received an unexpected patient today as a 57 year old woman used a gun to take her own life in the Emergency Room parking lot. The scene, described by St. George Police Captain James Van Fleet as “A tragic event”, began around Noon today when the woman called St. George Police […]
