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Breaking Aggie TV News for March 28, 2012

LOGAN—Thursday’s top stories from Aggie TV News. (Click here.) • USU fires a well-known employee while an investigation continues. • Student fees could be going up. • Reaction about the Sardine Canyon crash. • Logan honors Logan’s Heroes. • Texting while triking. • Engineering overcomes disability. • Get gardening. • . . . and plenty […]

Tags: ATV News, JCOM, Jenn Putnam Twiss, Sardine Canyon crash, student fees, texting

Hyde Parkers will always get top priority for park use, mayor says

By Shannon McCleve HYDE PARK — With spring comes outdoor sports, and Hyde Park City Council wants to make sure everyone gets time at the parks. “We want to make sure our residents can utilize the parks they pay for,” said Mayor Bryan Cox. Club sports keep growing but Hyde Park wants to make sure […]

Tags: Hyde Park City Council, parks, scheduling, used police cars

City Council votes to expand River Heights with annexation

By Sean O’Sullivan RIVER HEIGHTS – The city of River Heights is one step closer to officially annexing land. It is located north of 600 South and is bordered by 1000 East. “We’re taking county land, and it’s becoming part of River Heights,” said City Recorder Sheila Lind. City Council voted unanimously to adopt a […]

Tags: city council, land annexation, River Heights

License plates stolen by thief in the night

By Chris Lee LOGAN- A 32-year-old Logan woman was surprised to find the license plate on her 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix missing Monday. The plates went missing during the night, but the woman told police that she didn’t see or hear anything. Logan Police Lt. Brad Franke said the police take license plate theft very […]

Tags: license plate theft, Logan police

Logan man arrested on suspicion of felony theft

By Tmera Bradley LOGAN – A theft at Smith’s Marketplace on March 21 resulted in the arrest of a Logan man on suspicion of third-degree felony theft. Logan City Police responded to Smith’s Marketplace, 750 N. Main, Wednesday afternoon after the store’s Loss Prevention department reported two adults stealing a phone charger. The two were […]

TV news professor pushes student journalists to real-world standards

By Allie Jeppson LOGAN—As a police scanner quietly fizzes and mutters in the background, students roll in and the Aggie TV News class begins. But the discussion lasts only a moment as the instructor suddenly stops in mid-sentence to listen to the scanner. The class quiets and does the same. After a moment, he resumes […]

Tags: ATV News, Bailey McMurdie, Brian Champagne, JCOM, Kelsey Weller

City Council approves purchase of new fire engine for North Logan

By Steve Kent NORTH LOGAN — Residents may see a new fire engine on the streets of North Logan in the near future. The City Council approved a $364,784 bid from Rosenbauer for a fire engine. North Logan Fire Chief Jon Keller, who presented the fire department’s budget proposal for next year, said officials made […]

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Cat dies in RV park fire; trailer renter charged with arson

Story & Photos by Mary Stocking LOGAN—A 40-year-old Logan man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fire Tuesday morning that destroyed a trailer in a local RV Park. The fire was reported Tuesday at approximately 10:30 a.m. at Riverside RV Park, at 447 W. 1700 South, Logan police say. Officers and firefighters […]

Tags: arson, Christian Fitting, Rex Peterson, Riverside RV Park, trailer fire

Fate of Cherry Peak ski area appeal still undecided

Story & photos by Josh Ruggles LOGAN — Almost every seat in the historic Cache County Courthouse was filled Thursday evening as the Cache County Board of Adjustments addressed an appeal to deny a conditional use permit for the Cherry Peak Ski Area in Richmond. And after representatives from the appellants and the developers made […]

Tags: appeal, Cache County Board of Adjustments, Cherry Peak ski area, Richmond

Wellsville City Council looks for solutions to sidewalk problems

By Jimena Herrero WELLSVILLE — The City Council faced issues regarding city ordinances and sidewalks Wednesday, and voted 3-1 to defer sidewalk construction in a subdivision located at 200 West and 450 South. “We already have plenty of sidewalks that lead to nowhere,” Councilman Colin Harrison said. “I don’t see the point of that.” The […]

Tags: city council, sidewalk construction, sidewalk repairs, Wellsville

Scottish Highland Games: A different kind of fling in Richmond

By Chris Lee RICHMOND — Scottish games involving feats of strength will be coming to Richmond in September. Wesley Allen, from Smithfield, said he wants to use a Richmond baseball diamond for the Scottish Highland Games, which mostly involve throwing heavy objects such as hammers and wooden poles. The Richmond City Council unanimously approved of […]

Tags: city council, Richmmond, Scottish Highland Games, Wesley Allen

Trenton youth pleads guilty to December robbery of convenience store

By Chris Lee LOGAN — Ahiven Melendez, Trenton, pleaded guilty in 1st District Court to aggravated robbery and failure to stop at the command of law enforcement during his pretrial conference March 20. Melendez is a 17-year-old being tried as an adult. Prosecuting attorney Barbara Lachmar said Melendez was arrested with another minor after holding […]

Tags: 1st District Court, aggravated robbery, Ahiven Melendez, plea

USU Eastern student journalists win 11 Utah Press awards

PRICE—In its second year of membership in the Utah Press Association, USU Eastern’s Eagle student newspaper continued to add accolades to its “wall of fame” as the staff brought home four first-place awards, two second-place awards and five third-place awards at the annual winter convention in Springville Saturday night. The awards came in the Better […]

Tags: journalism awards, The Eagle, USU-Eastern, Utah Press Association

Aggie journalists win 17 regional Mark of Excellence Awards

LOGAN—USU journalist students have won 17 Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) for their work in print, TV, online and multimedia journalism. The prizes will be awarded during the SPJ’s Region 9 annual spring conference in Denver next month. Region 9 is made up of colleges and universities in Utah, […]

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Review: ‘West of Memphis’ is chilling, heart-wrenching

By Natasha Bodily Three teenagers—Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr.—were convicted of first-degree murder in 1994 in the murders of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Ark. Echols got the death sentence; Misskelley and Baldwin were sentenced to life. In August, after 17 years in prison, new evidence cleared them. West of Memphis, […]

Tags: Amy Berg, Damien Echols, James Baldwin, Peter Jackson, Sundance 2012, West Memphis 3, West of Memphis

Teams vie to live healthy in Live, Love, Nutrition Challenge

By Kristi Ottley LOGAN—March is National Nutrition Month and USU’s Dietetic Student Association (DSA) has been promoting it through Facebook and the group’s Live, Love, Nutrition Challenge. Living a healthy lifestyle is quite simple, but many people don’t realize just how easy it really is, according to DSA President Cami Jo Satterthwaite. She and her […]

Tags: diet, Dietetic Student Association, National Nutrition Month, Nutrition

USU alumni, professionals on campus for 3-day regional PR conference

By Allie Jeppson LOGAN—Students are rarely encouraged to spend time and effort on sites like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, but public relations professionals at the Fourth Annual Mountain West PR conference emphasized that social media have become and important tool. The three-day conference, sponsored by the Department of Journalism & Communication and its Public Relations […]

Tags: JCOM, PR conference, PRSSA, Vivint

Hundreds attend dedication for new $43 million Ag College building

Story & Photos by Allie Jeppson LOGAN—Utah State University President Stan Albrecht put on his best boots for the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the new $43 million Agricultural Sciences Building on the USU Quad. An overflow audience gathered inside the new, four-story classroom and office building, filling the first floor of the atrium and […]

Tags: Agriculture Building, JCOM, Noelle Cockett, ribbon-cutting

Mendon’s GOP caucus: Record turnout, strong support for Hatch

Story and photos by Josh Ruggles MENDON — The Republican caucus meeting for Mendon Precinct 2 had record attendance this year. Residents were standing and leaning against bookshelves in the Mendon Elementary School library as the meeting began at 7 p.m. Last election year the precinct meeting had 60 to 80 attendees but this year […]

Tags: Mendon, Nancy Cheal, Republican caucus

Backyard beekeeping 101: Smithfield class attracts honey of a crowd

Story and photo by Jessica Wilkinson SMITHFIELD– People looking to learn the art and skill of beekeeping filled Smithfield Recreation Center Friday night for an introductory class from local beekeeper Kurt Etherington. “The class was supposed to be capped at 60 people,” said Etherington, “but a lot of folks came that didn’t register for a […]

Tags: beekeeping, Cache Valley Beekeepers, hives, honeybees, Kurt Etherington