Headlines and the Inverted Pyramid 

Homicide Victims Rarely Talk to Police (#6) 

One local police officer, Sargent Andrew Palwinski, got the shock of a life time when Shannon Anderson showed up at the station and started to tell Palwinski unknown details about a recent murder. The shocker is that Shannon Anderson was the victim in this murder. On Tuesday September 4th Shannon was discovered in her home dead with blunt force trauma to her skull and chest after friends called the police because Shannon didn’t respond to calls and texts regarding to her missing a weekly girl’s night dinner. Sargent Palwinski was the first officer to the scene and had been trying to solve the case for weeks with few leads.  

Utah poison control center reminds everyone not to take poison (#11) 

A new viral trend sparks concern after many teens die from eating Tide Pods. Viral trends involving eating something you shouldn’t isn’t a new thing. A few years ago, the “Cinnamon Challenge” was popular all over YouTube. The idea was simple, eat a big spoonful of cinnamon. Today the “Tide Pod Challenge” has taken its place. Though there were dangers with eating that much cinnamon, the “Tide Pod Challenge” raises more concern because Tide Pods are poison for the human body. The challenge got popular after a meme went around about how tide pods are the “forbidden snack”. Some teens took this joke a little too far and decided to try the forbidden snack. The Utah poison control is reminding everyone that Tide Pods are poison and that they should not be eaten.  

Miracle Cure Kills 5th Patient (#19) 

A new cure for the flu has been discovered and scientist who discovered it were calling the “Miracle Cure”. When tested on rats with the flu, the rats got better within one hour of talking the medicine. This new cure would make having the flu a breeze, once you get the first symptoms simply take the medicine and within an hour your flu should be gone. Yet when tested on humans the opposite happens, your symptoms worsen. These scientists have remade the medicine many times and each new formula works on rats but not humans. In their 6 attempts to test on humans only one survived the medicine but that was after many weeks in the hospital.  

Thursday is Cancelled (#24) 

A local business is testing a new idea with employee well-being. West Ward Apparel is deciding to get rid of Thursdays. The idea came after owner Robert Switch, noticed that Thursday productions were consistently low and employee attitudes dipped. Switch says “In order to run a good company you have to have good and happy people. In order to achieve this we decided to close on Thursdays and see how that goes.”  

Students Cook and Serve Grandparents (#30)  

Nashville Police were called to a gruesome scene last Monday night after a call came in from a neighbor noticing a foul smell coming from Sue and David Greshmeier’s home. When police arrived, they found Sue and David brutally murdered. With parts of their bodies found in the oven. Upon further investigation, Police discovered the murders to be Sue and David's own Grandchildren. Police believe that the murder occurred because the grandchildren recently found out they were not included in the wills of their grandparents.