Richie suffers serious injuries

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Adrian Richie, former principal at Bellmont High School and now the principal at Lowell High School in Lake County, was severely burned in an accident at home on Wednesday.

Reports received here say Richie was removing brush from his yard to prepare for an open house that was to be held for one of his sons, Austin, one of the state's top basketball players as a senior last season at Lowell High School.

Somehow, the brush pile fire spread to him and he suffered serious burns over 45 percent of his body.