Joe Sutton

Aug 8, 2024 | localnews8.com | Emma Tucker |Joe Sutton

CrossFit Games athlete dies during competition at Texas lake By Emma Tucker and Joe Sutton, CNN(CNN) — An athlete died Thursday during a swimming competition in a Texas lake on the first day of CrossFit Games – a multiday event that attracts global athletes widely regarded as being among the fittest people in the world. The athlete who died was Serbia native Lakar Dukic, 28, according to records from the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.

Jun 8, 2024 | localnews8.com | Joe Sutton

Rare 7-foot hoodwinker sunfish washes ashore on Oregon beach (CNN) — A rare 7.3-foot hoodwinker sunfish washed ashore on the Oregon coast earlier this week, the Seaside Aquarium said. The massive aquatic species was found north of Seaside in northwestern Oregon along Gearhart Beach on June 3. A buzz on social media led to curious people “flocking to the beach to see this unusual fish”, according to the aquarium.

Jun 4, 2024 | localnews8.com | Joe Sutton |Dalia Faheid

Texas A&M will not bring back bonfire tradition after collapse killed 12 in 1999, president says By Joe Sutton and Dalia Faheid, CNN(CNN) — Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh announced on Tuesday the school will not bring back the Aggie Bonfire traditionally held the night before the school’s then-annual football game against the University of Texas. “I decided that Bonfire, both a wonderful and tragic part of Aggie history, should remain in our treasured past,” Welsh said.

May 17, 2024 | kesq.com | Joe Sutton |Elizabeth Wolfe

By Joe Sutton and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN(CNN) - At least four people are dead in Houston after hurricane-force winds and torrential rains tore a damaging path through the city Thursday - part of a lashing storm system that is bringing life-threatening flooding and power outages to parts of the South.

May 5, 2024 | ktvz.com | Sara E. Tonks |Joe Sutton |Paradise Afshar

CNNBy Sara Tonks, CNN Meteorologist, Joe Sutton and Paradise Afshar, CNN(CNN) — The body of a young boy was recovered from floodwaters near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, as search and rescue teams statewide continue to patrol streets and neighborhoods inundated by rainfall. The death is the first reported fatality following storms that have prompted disaster declarations for over a third of the state’s counties.