PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman has been sentenced to at least five years in prison for her role in the fatal shooting of a man at a house in Provo in March. Maria Hernandez was one of four people charged in the death of Gustavo Ramirez. The Provo […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 26-year-old Ogden man has pleaded guilty to killing his infant daughter as part of a plea-bargain agreement that will keep him off death row. Michael Lee Hatton originally was charged with suspicion of first-degree murder in the October 2016 death of his 8-week-old daughter Avery. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seventeen Utah County state lawmakers have signed a letter asking Commissioner Greg Graves to resign. KSL-TV reports the letter signed by 17 of the 22 legislators whose districts cover at least part of Utah County cites explosive and vulgar behavior by Graves. According to the […]
*Boys Basketball* PRICE, Utah-Ryan Gagon posted 17 points and the Carbon Dinos bested Juab 50-40 Wednesday in Region 14 boys basketball action. Jackson Rowley netted 15 points in the loss for the Wasps. BEAVER, Utah-Jake Shakespear and Nathaniel Houston netted 13 points apiece as the Kanab Cowboys got past Beaver […]
The preliminary hearing for a Spring City man accused of kidnapping his four children has been rescheduled for January. John Coltharp’s attorney, Paul Frischknecht, asked the Court to postpone the hearing until January 3. He stated after visiting with his client at the Sanpete County Jail, he was requesting the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal regulators are giving the go-ahead for environmental studies and public comment about a proposed 140-mile (225-kilometer) pipeline to draw water from the Colorado River to serve southwestern Utah communities. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday formally accepted a state application submitted last year […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert is calling on legislators to continue tackling issues around Salt Lake City’s homeless shelter and to start readying the state’s Winter Olympics facilities to potentially host the games again. Both are priorities in a $16.7 billion budget plan unveiled by the Republican governor […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former polygamous sect leader was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in carrying out an elaborate food stamp fraud scheme and for escaping home confinement while awaiting trial. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart said during a hearing in Salt […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A plea deal is on the table for a teenager accused of encouraging a friend to kill a 14-year-old girl found in a ditch with a gunshot wound to the head, prosecutors and defense attorneys said Tuesday. Jayzon Decker, 17, needs another week to consider the […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan judge ruled Tuesday that a jailed American man must stand trial on weapons charges, dashing hopes of his family in Utah that he would be released and united with them for Christmas. The ruling, issued at a preliminary hearing to which the U.S. Embassy’s […]
