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Arizona boy, his mom are raising money for a wheelchair accessible van
A Valley fifth grader is fighting a tough battle.
First, he had trouble walking. Now, he’s a person who uses a wheelchair.
He and his mom are raising money to make his life more accessible.
For now, it’s challenging, and potentially dangerous, every time Cole tries to get in and out of the car.
“He will say he is OK, and I can see his legs shaking. That’s one thing that really moves me, is he has a strong will to keep moving,” said Crysta Hough, Cole’s mom.
Crysta says three years ago, her son’s leg had a pain. They learned he had Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
“It’s a genetic disorder that attacks his muscles, legs and lower extremities,” she said.
They got him a powered wheelchair. It stretches his core and his legs, but getting it in and out is hard.
Something that brings Cole joy is going to school.
“It’s fun to learn about new things,” Cole said.
But, going to school becomes harder every day.
“We are coping with our day-to-day lives as much as we can,” his mom said.
Arizona boy raising money for wheelchair accessible van
This year, they were picked by the Jett Foundation to raise funds for a wheelchair accessible van.
They’re expensive.
If Cole raises half the money, the foundation picks up the rest and gifts the van.
So far, they’ve raised $12,000. They need $32,000.
“It would be a blessing. It would be the biggest thing, the biggest accomplishment for him,” Crysta said.
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“It’s really not a want for these families,” Alexa Tinsley with Jett Foundation said. “It’s an absolute need.”
It can be life changing.
“Access medical care, access doctor appointments, and then also, you know, do things as a family and get children and adults out of the house as well,” Tinsley said.
Coal has goals he wants to achieve, and a van would make them possible.
“I want to help him achieve his goals, but like I said, with public transportation, that’s not always the case,” Crysta said.
The young boy says it would change everything if they had a van.
“I would be able to do after-school stuff and before-school stuff easier. All of that would make it so much easier,” he said.
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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