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High school boys tennis: Lone Peak takes home 6A title in dramatic fashion
John La Cognata has been coaching the Lone Peak boys tennis team for over 20 years and he was quick to point out the events that happened Saturday afternoon at Liberty Park were among the most unusual of his career. “Totally unexpected,” is how he put it. La Cognata said the Knights didn’t have the best team in their region during the regular season and needed everything to go right on the final day of the 6A state tournament to even have a chance to win another championship. But it happened.
2024 Oregon Trail'R TerraDrop Alpha Review
While water is the elixir of life, weekend camping trips and weeklong forays enjoying the beauty of nature are wonderful mental medicines for relieving the stresses of everyday life. Life gets even better when you can camp in comfort far away from the hustle and bustle of the city and suburbia. One such method to do just that is hooking up to an Oregon Trail'R TerraDrop Alpha (TDA) camp trailer, which provides a great way to travel light, be self-sufficient, and be well-rested every day.
Beautiful Boy by Bruce Smith
1 After the beautiful boy killed himself I killed myself and lived in the trash vortex, the j’accuse of the US with gear and the beclouded night kindness and a mind like a mule deer in the poorest of zips. My affection got only so close before I withdrew into self-protection, my white tail an insolent so long.
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I try to make at least one trip into the Rocky Mountains of western Alberta every winter - usually a few times. This time, three of my friends from the U.K. were with me for a winter photography tour, and despite the incredibly bitter cold (-30 Celcius), we were out capturing the beauty of the mountains every day.
Valley makes the plays to win 1A state baseball title
OREM — For Valley third baseman McClain Roundy, the split-second it took for him to reach out and grab the ground ball for the final out of the 1A baseball state championship game seemed like an eternity. And the stories he will tell will likely get even better for the rest of his life.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Judy Scott, center, Walter Scott's mother, walks out to a press conference after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former patrolman, Slager, was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) Judy Scott, Walter Scott's mother, listens to the press conference after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott say they're confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury couldn't reach a verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer charged in his death.The jurors deliberated more than 22 hours over four days before a mistrial was declared Monday in the five-week trial of Michael Slager.The white former officer was charged with shooting Scott, who was black, five times as he fled a traffic stop in April 2015.Scott's...
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Anthony Scott, Walter Scott's brother, speaks during a press conference in front of the Charleston County Courthouse, as the family attorneys, Chris Stewart, left, and Justin Bamberg, right, watch after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former patrolman, Slager, was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Judy Scott, center, Walter Scott's mother, walks out to a press conference after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former patrolman, Slager, was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) Judy Scott, Walter Scott's mother, listens to the press conference after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Anthony Scott, Walter Scott's brother, speaks during a press conference in front of the Charleston County Courthouse, as the family attorneys, Chris Stewart, left, and Justin Bamberg, right, watch after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former patrolman, Slager, was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Anthony Scott, Walter Scott's brother, speaks during a press conference in front of the Charleston County Courthouse, as the family attorneys, Chris Stewart, left, and Justin Bamberg, right, watch after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former patrolman, Slager, was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott say they're confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury couldn't reach a verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer charged in his death.The jurors deliberated more than 22 hours over four days before a mistrial was declared Monday in the five-week trial of Michael Slager.The white former officer was charged with shooting Scott, who was black, five times as he fled a traffic stop in April 2015.Scott's...
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott say they're confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury couldn't reach a verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer charged in his death.The jurors deliberated more than 22 hours over four days before a mistrial was declared Monday in the five-week trial of Michael Slager. The white former officer was charged with shooting Scott, who was black, five times as he fled a traffic stop in April 2015.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott say they're confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury couldn't reach a verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer charged in his death.The jurors deliberated more than 22 hours over four days before a mistrial was declared Monday in the five-week trial of Michael Slager.The white former officer was charged with shooting Scott, who was black, five times as he fled a traffic stop in April 2015.Scott's...
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Anthony Scott, Walter Scott's brother, speaks during a press conference in front of the Charleston County Courthouse, as the family attorneys, Chris Stewart, left, and Justin Bamberg, right, watch after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former patrolman, Slager, was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Anthony Scott, Walter Scott's brother, speaks during a press conference in front of the Charleston County Courthouse, as the family attorneys, Chris Stewart, left, and Justin Bamberg, right, watch after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Former patrolman, Slager, was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott say they're confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury couldn't reach a verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer charged in his death.The jurors deliberated more than 22 hours over four days before a mistrial was declared Monday in the five-week trial of Michael Slager.The white former officer was charged with shooting Scott, who was black, five times as he fled a traffic stop in April 2015.Scott's...
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
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After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott say they're confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury couldn't reach a verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer charged in his death.The jurors deliberated more than 22 hours over four days before a mistrial was declared Monday in the five-week trial of Michael Slager.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked.
After mistrial, slain SC motorist's family still confident
Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of Michael Slager after the jury of 11 whites and one black deadlocked. The panel, considering verdicts of murder or voluntary manslaughter, deliberated more than 22 hours over four days and heard testimony from 55 witnesses during the five-week trial. "God is my strength, and I know without doubt he is a just God and injustice will not prevail," Scott's mother, Judy, told reporters later.
Defense rests case in the Michael Slager murder trial
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager choked back tears Tuesday, testifying in his own defense that he felt "total fear" when the black motorist he was chasing from a traffic stop got control of his Taser and pointed it at him.
Witnesses: Slager a good officer, use of force appropriate
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The defense called witnesses at Michael Slager’s murder trial Tuesday who testified that the former patrolman was a good officer who got good performance reviews and although he used his Taser 14 times in five years, his use of force was appropriate. “He was a very good officer,” testified North Charleston Sgt.
Slager a good officer, use of force appropriate
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The defense called witnesses at Michael Slager's murder trial Tuesday who testified that the former patrolman was a good officer who got good performance reviews and although he used his Taser 14 times in five years, his use of force was appropriate. "He was a very good officer," testified North Charleston Sgt.
Witnesses: Slager a good officer, use of force appropriate
Sgt. Ronald Webb speaks during the trial of North Charleston police officer Michael Slager at the Charleston County court in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. (Grace Beahm/Post and Courier via AP, Pool) CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The defense called witnesses at Michael Slager's murder trial Tuesday who testified that the former patrolman was a good officer who got good performance reviews and although he used his Taser 14 times in five years, his use of force was appropriate.
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