PROVO, Utah-Saturday, BYU men’s basketball concludes the Men Against Breast Cancer Cougar Cup as they host the Houston Cougars of the American Athletic Conference. BYU head coach Dave Rose will be meeting his alma mater as he played for the famed Phi Slamma Jamma 1983 Houston squad that featured future […]
LAS VEGAS-In seeking to build off of the best start in program history, Southern Utah men’s basketball faces UNLV Friday evening at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The Thunderbirds, who are 3-0 after edging Seattle U. 73-70 Sunday, are off to their best start since going to […]
FULLERTON, Calif.-Friday, Utah men’s basketball resumes play at the Wooden Legacy as they face the Grand Canyon Lopes in the consolation bracket after dropping a 90-79 game to Hawaii Thursday evening. The Utes are 2-0 all-time against the Lopes in a series dating back to 2010 and the winner of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to put an end to straight-party ticket voting, or the process when voters mark just one box on a ballot to cast votes for all candidates running under one party’s banner. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, says she plans […]
KAMAS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say two drivers were transported to a hospital after a dump truck crashed into a laundromat in Kamas. KUTV reports the driver of a Jeep Liberty failed to stop at an intersection around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. At the same time, a dump truck was traveling and rammed […]
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Brocke Stepteau scored a career-high 24 points to lead Hawaii to a 90-79 win over Utah on Thursday night in the first round of the Wooden Legacy. Eddie Stansberry scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half for the Rainbow Warriors (4-1). Four players […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s most powerful LGBTQ support organization is planning to propose legislation that would ban gay conversion therapy for minors. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Equality Utah has drafted legislation seeking for Utah to join more than a dozen states in outlawing efforts to change a minor’s sexual […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage boys they say stole a small airplane at a private airstrip in rural eastern Utah and flew about 15 miles (24 kilometers) before landing successfully at Vernal Regional Airport. The Desert News reported the 14- and 15-year-old boys stole the single-engine Cessna Thursday […]
HARRISVILLE, Utah (AP) — A 29-year-old female pedestrian has been hit and killed by a vehicle while crossing U.S. Highway 89 in Weber County. Harrisville Police Chief Maxwell Jackson identified the victim as Brittany Zoller. Her hometown wasn’t immediately available. Jackson told the Deseret News she was crossing the highway Wednesday night […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A 20-year-old northern Utah man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for forcible sexual abuse of a teenage girl. The Herald-Journal reports Christopher VanDam of Lewiston was sentenced Tuesday in Cache County District Court in Logan. He was arrested in February after an investigation […]
