The Class B state wrestling tournament exceeded expectation for the three Seward wrestlers competing in Omaha Feb. 15-17. “Three guys who finished in third place at districts all won their …
Nine individual placers meant a fifth-place team finish for the Seward wrestlers Dec. 30 at Shelby-Rising City. The Bluejays went 7-2 in the medal round, winning six matches by pin. “A lot …
The claim: Shriners Hospitals for Children patient ambassador Kaleb died
After years of fundraising, Shriners Hospitals for Children patient ambassador Kaleb-Wolf De Melo Torres has become a recognizable face to many. In late February, some people took to social media to express sympathy after misinformed rumors claimed he’d died.
“R.I.P Kaleb.. I m saddened over this news, I love seeing this sweet boy in the Shriners commercial” a Facebook user posted on Feb. 27.
The claim is accompanied by an image of Kaleb. The post stated he died at 7 a.m. Wednesday after spending “more than three years in hospice care at his South Whitehall Township home.”
CALDWELL, Idaho (KLIX)-An Oregon man has been charged for the deadly New Year s Day crash on Interstate 84 in Caldwell.
Idaho State Police arrested 25-year-old Kaleb Torres on February 4, on vehicular manslaughter and aggravated DUI charges for the crash that killed 19-year-old Reed Thulander, of Cambridge. According to ISP, Thulander was a passenger in a Ford Focus on westbound I-84 when it was hit by the Toyota Sequoia Torres had allegedly been driving in the wrong direction at around 2:27 a.m. Another passenger in the Ford and Torres were taken to area hospitals.
There had been four people inside the Ford. Torres was booked into the Canyon County Jail.
One Killed in Head-on Crash on Interstate Near Caldwell
CALDWELL, Idaho (KLIX)-One person was killed and two other people hospitalized early New Year s Day in a head-on crash on the interstate near Caldwell.
According to Idaho State Police, Reed Thulander, 19, of Cambridge died after the Ford Focus he was a passenger in was hit by a Toyota Sequoia on Interstate 84 at around 2:27 a.m. The Toyota, driven by Kaleb Torres, 24, of Caldwell had been going east in the westbound lanes when it hit the small car. Torres was taken to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center as well as another passenger of the Focus, Wyatt Currey, 20, of Brogan, Oregon.