This Week: Arthur Cutler Memorial and Graduate Series leg, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J.
Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit heads to The Meadowlands on Saturday (May 15), with the $141,250 Arthur Cutler Memorial for open trotters and two $50,000 divisions in the second leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old open pacers.
Last Time: With $135,000 on the line, Ohio-bred Its Academic took control and never looked back in winning the Charlie Hill Memorial Trot at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Thursday (May 6). The four-year-old stallion by Uncle Peter led gate-to-wire for driver Yannick Gingras.
Getting his own way to a :28 opening quarter and :56 half, no serious bids were made to challenge the leader. Stablemate Mission Accepted (Chris Page) popped the pocket at the three-quarter pole but could not make up any ground. Posting a :27.3 last quarter, Its Academic won by two lengths in 1:52.3. Mission Accepted finished second and Majestic Player A (Brett Miller) was third. W
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JAY The reward for verifiable information leading to the location and discovery of Kimberly Moreau and her remains was raised Wednesday to $15,000.
Kimberly Moreau, who went missing in May 1986. Her father had offered a new $5,000 reward and a friend doubled it Monday to $10,000 for information leading to her remains. On Wednesday, an anonymous donor raised it to $15,000.
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“We are thrilled…,” Kim’s oldest sister, Diane Levesque, wrote in a Facebook message on Wednesday night in regard to the increased reward. The family is hoping it will help find Kim and her remains.
Kim has been missing since late May 10, 1986, when she left her family home on Jewell Street in Jay and never returned. She was 17. She told an older sister, Karen Dalot and her now-husband, Bob, she was going for ride and would be back in an hour.
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Texas state troopers arrested a fugitive after a car chase Monday afternoon in El Paso s Upper Valley.
Richard Moreno, 25, of Horizon City, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service on a federal probation violation warrant, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman said.
A pursuit began about 1:45 p.m. when a state trooper attempted to pull over a black Dodge Magnum for a traffic violation on South Desert Boulevard near Artcraft Road, the DPS said.
The driver of the Dodge refused to stop, continuing on South Desert Boulevard before the chase went onto Doniphan Drive, the DPS said.
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EL PASO, Texas A federal fugitive with a small child in his car led Texas state troopers on a reckless chase through the streets of El Paso on Monday afternoon, authorities said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said Richard Moreno, 25, of Horizon City refused to stop when troopers tried to pull him over for a traffic violation.
That led to the pursuit, which began on Desert Boulevard near Artcraft Road and would continued onto Doniphan Drive with Moreno driving recklessly in traffic, DPS said. A state eventually performed a PIT, or pursuit intervention technique, maneuver, to bring the chase to an end and take Moreno into custody.