A 21-year-old Craig, Colorado man is happy to be back in his hometown and happy to be alive after suffering a traumatic brain injury that almost killed him. Steven Sharp was riding in a motocross race on June 26 at Thunder Ridge Motor Sports Park when he had his accident. His fiancée, 19-year-old Kailee Greenwood,… read more
A 20-year-old man from Billings, Montana, has been sentenced by authorities after he escaped police pursuit while traveling 125 mph on his motorcycle. Ryan Jay Baker performed a scene right out of a movie last July when he ran from police. On July 17, a Montana Highway Patrol trooper clocked Baker and another rider going… read more
Often paralysis comes after a traumatic injury, but for Loveland, Colorado resident Kristen Adlhoch, there was no such drama. After trying to learn to surf on the last day of her family vacation in Hawaii, the 19-year-old girl lost all feeling in her legs. “We had pretty much did it all on the islands, and… read more
A deadly motorcycle accident in Grand Junction, Colorado last week looks to have been the result of alcohol consumption after the release of information from the Mesa County Coroner’s Office. 53-year-old Anthony L. Woods of Grand Junction collided with a sport utility vehicle on 25 ½ Road while riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle. After hitting… read more
On the way home to Paonia, Colorado, from a court proceeding in Delta, Melinda Tackett Yager told her friend Corrie Stroud that Yager’s estranged husband was going to kill her. Later that day, her prediction came true. “Melinda said, ‘I just want you to know, he’s going to kill me,’” Stroud said. “And I said,… read more
We all know how dangerous it is to use our cell phones while driving. At least we should, after all the publicity it has generated. From talking to texting to now surfing the web, we can do it all while driving. We just cannot do it safely. In a move that is bound to upset… read more
Valerie Thompson, current holder of two land speed records, motorcycle racer and team owner, has been named the co-recipient of the 2011 American Woman Riders Community Hero Award by the American Woman Riders Association. The award is given to women riders who donate time to charities and give selflessly to their community without expecting something… read more
Nebraska is seeing a resurgence of anti DUI efforts in an attempt to avoid unnecessary auto accidents during what can often be the most dangerous time of the year. With the extra funding provided by federal grants, various law enforcement agencies will be stepping up their patrols, running DUI checkpoints and working overtime. The Nebraska… read more
The holiday season is usually filled with all sorts of revelry, so it is no surprise that law enforcement agencies beef up their efforts to discourage drunk driving. Nebraska law enforcement agencies, thanks to federal grants, are stepping up their patrols, running DUI checkpoints and working overtime. Legislation was passed this year by Nebraska’s Unicameral… read more
Forceps have been in use for hundreds of years; the use of the tool only recently receding with the advent of safe caesarian sections and vacuum devices. It could be possible that the tool, with its frightening appearance and less-than-favorable reputation, might have gone out of style too soon. A recent study has shown that… read more
