The Emery County Sheriff’s Office is sending out a warning after they rescued a group of Boy Scouts from Cedar City on the Green River Wednesday. According to a post on Facebook, Emery County Officials helped over 20 scouts and leader to safety. The group was using mostly homemade canoes […]
LAHAINA, Hawaii-Thursday morning, the 2019 Maui Invitational schedule was released, which features BYU men’s basketball against UCLA November 25 at 11:30 pm MST. This is the Cougars’ fourth all-time appearance at the Maui Invitational, having previously competed at the event in 1992, 2004 and 2014. The loaded field of this […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brigham Young University has updated its honor code process following widespread student criticism that it lacks transparency and compassion. University officials announced the changes Wednesday. They include following an “innocent until proven guilty” policy and allowing someone to accompany students in honor code meetings. Honor code […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah-Wednesday, Dixie State baseball announced the hiring of Zach Wilkins as the program’s new pitching coach per a statement from head coach Chris Pfatenhauer. Wilkins comes to Dixie State from a 2-year stint as a graduate assistant for the University of Arizona. During his time with the Wildcats, […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah youth psychiatric residential treatment center will close its doors after reports of sexual abuse and violence. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Red Rock Canyon School’s parent company said Tuesday the facility will close within 60 days. Sequel Youth and Family Services says they’re […]
DENVER (AP) — A National Transportation Safety Board investigation has determined that pilot error likely caused a plane crash that killed a Colorado family of four. The Colorado Sun reported Wednesday that 47-year-old Jeff Makepeace was flying a single-engine plane with his family from Fort Collins to Moab, Utah. The agency says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker was charged Wednesday with murder and kidnapping in the death of a Utah college student whose body was found in a wooded area with her arms bound behind her. Prosecutors said Ayoola A. Ajayi, 31, was the last person Mackenzie Lueck communicated […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police arrested eight people after protesters of the Utah Inland Port Authority clashed with authorities. Salt Lake City police say three people were cited and released Tuesday, but five were taken to jail on suspicion of charges that ranged from assault against a police officer […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s has been sentenced on a sexual abuse charge for the second time in as many weeks. Under the terms of a plea agreement, the […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Researchers from Utah State University are inviting residents to contribute to a project studying insects. The Herald Journal reports researchers from the university’s biology department and ecology center are asking the public to take photos of insects on alfalfa plants and upload them online so they […]
