*Girls Basketball* ST. GEORGE, Utah-Megan Jensen amassed 25 points and 10 rebounds on 9-14 shooting and the Emery Spartans used a 16-6 4th Quarter run to surge past the Richfield Wildcats 41-36, capturing the 3-A girls state title Saturday at Burns Arena on the campus of Dixie State University. Emma […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Teenagers fleeing polygamous communities would get more legal protection from parents who could expose them to sexual abuse under a proposal approved by a panel of Utah lawmakers. Republican Walt Brooks said Friday that if a teenager runs away from home, anyone they run to […]
Utah Republican Rep. Mia Love says she’s open to discussing all solutions to prevent the gun violence and shooting in schools. Love told Utah’s Legislature on Thursday that she would support a ban on bump stocks like the ones used in last year’s Las Vegas massacre and a beefed-up background […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Brigham Young University football player and coach has sued several window blind makers over what he alleges is a faulty product that caused the death of his daughter. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Reno Mahe and his wife, Sunny, filed the lawsuit on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two teens in Utah have been arrested for making separate threats that police say alluded to potential school shootings. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the teens were arrested despite law enforcement officials concluding the threats were not serious. The newspaper reports a 17-year-old boy was […]
NEW YORK (AP) — MetLife is joining other U.S. companies in severing ties to the National Rifle Association following a school massacre in Parkland, Florida. The insurer terminated discounts that had been offered to NRA members on the NRA website . Enterprise Holdings has already ended its discount program and […]
*Girls Basketball* ST. GEORGE, Utah-Emma Jones posted 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting with Madison Roberts adding 10 more as the Richfield Wildcats bested Juab 36-23 Friday in the 3-A state semifinals at Burns Arena on the campus of Dixie State University. Hannah Robins netted 12 points and 9 […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 27 points, 19 in the second half, and Eastern Washington beat Weber State with a 75-70 victory on Thursday night that ended the Wildcats’ nine-game winning streak. The Wildcats (19-8, 12-3), with alum and Portland Trail Blazer Damian Lillard in attendance, dropped a […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Holland Woods scored 20, including a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime, as Portland State stormed back to beat Southern Utah 96-91 in overtime on Thursday night. Woods hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 3.1 left in regulation. He hit another with 1:52 left in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — David Collette scored 21 points and Justin Bibbins totaled 17 points and 10 assists to help Utah edge UCLA 84-78 on Thursday night. Parker Van Dyke scored a career-high 18 points and Tyler Rawson added 12 for the Utes. Utah (18-9, 10-6 Pac-12) won its […]
