OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors say a Utah couple accused in the death of their toddler daughter taunted the malnourished child with food and attempted to cover her injuries with makeup. Prosecutors filed aggravated murder charges Tuesday against the girl’s mother, 22-year-old Brenda Emile, and father, 25-year-old Miller Costello. Charging […]
(Provo, UT) – A group of candidates seeking to replace former Congressman Jason Chaffetz can agree on at least one thing. The five candidates who debated economic issues last night in Provo all believe that the Affordable Care Act needs to be repealed. Republicans Tanner Ainge, John Curtis and Chris Herrod […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother charged with child abuse after her 12-year-old son was found severely malnourished has waived a hearing where prosecutors would have presented the evidence against her. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports a lawyer for the 36-year-old Toquerville woman said Tuesday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health authorities say they have confirmed additional cases of E.coli connected to an outbreak that previously killed two children in a mostly polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border, bringing the total number of cases to 11. The Southwest Utah Public Health Department spokesman David […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Salt Lake City area may be in the mix to host another Winter Olympics. State athletic officials say they see an opportunity after the International Olympic Committee announced possible hosts for two future Summer Olympics yesterday. The IOC is seeking a deal to have Paris […]
(Brian Head, UT) – More fire crews are being sent home as the fight against the Brian Head Fire continues to wind down. Fire officials say the nearly month-old blaze only grew about ten acres into yesterday with containment remaining at 80-percent. Fire officials say they still expect to have the […]
(Cedar City, UT) – A man faces up to five years behind bars for impregnating a 13-year-old girl. Pedro Gaspar-Martin agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors that saw him enter a guilty plea on unlawful sexual activity with a minor counts in court yesterday, according to The Spectrum. Gaspar-Martin reportedly […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials have recently confirmed that a bear was euthanized after biting a man’s head in central Utah. KSL-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2tK9Af6 ) the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources confirmed Monday that a California man was attacked while camping in Desolation Canyon on Fourth of July. […]
(Undated) — BYU ranks ahead of the University of Utah in a new best colleges list. Time magazine’s best colleges for money list ranks BYU at number 105 while the U. stands at 247. The rankings compare 2400 colleges on data combining education quality, affordability and graduate success. Princeton was […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors say a Utah couple accused in the death of their toddler daughter taunted the malnourished child with food and attempted to cover her injuries with makeup. Prosecutors filed aggravated murder charges Tuesday against the girl’s mother, 22-year-old Brenda Emile, and father, 25-year-old Miller Costello. Charging […]
