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Month: January 2020

BYU Football Announces Four-Game Extension of Stanford Series

BYU Football Announces Four-Game Extension of Stanford Series

PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU football and Stanford announced a four-game extension of their football series, extending the upcoming series to eight games. The Cougars and Cardinal previously met on the gridiron in 2003 and 2004 and will meet again November 28, 2020 at Palo Alto, Calif. The series will recur Thanksgiving […]

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Teen accuses Scores strip club chain of human trafficking, sex abuse: Lawsuit

Teen accuses Scores strip club chain of human trafficking, sex abuse: Lawsuit

BCFC/iStock(TAMPA, Fla.) — A teenage girl filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Scores accusing the nationwide strip club chain of sexual abuse and human trafficking. “Jane Doe,” a self-described developmentally disabled and emotionally disturbed teen, said in 2017 a male acquaintance brought her to a Scores in Tampa, Fla., where she […]

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Ex-Utah college dean pleads guilty to financial misconduct

Ex-Utah college dean pleads guilty to financial misconduct

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A former associate dean from Utah Valley University has pleaded guilty to communications fraud one week after his wife was sentenced to county jail for stealing more than $380,000 from the university. The Daily Herald reported Tuesday that 47-year-old Phil Clegg accepted a plea deal in […]

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Polygamy, fraud and luxury cars on tap in Utah trial

Polygamy, fraud and luxury cars on tap in Utah trial

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Openings arguments are set for Wednesday in Utah for a California businessman who prosecutors accuse of being a key figure in a $511 million tax credit scheme.  Prosecutors say the scheme was carried out by two executives of a Salt Lake City biodiesel company linked […]

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Fight over Bolton gives Romney a chance for Senate clout

Fight over Bolton gives Romney a chance for Senate clout

WASHINGTON (AP) — Impeachment is giving Sen. Mitt Romney a big moment, again. He’s defying Republican leaders at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by insisting on witnesses, specifically former national security adviser John Bolton. The Utah senator was the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and is now a back-row Senate freshman. […]

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Replica statue of first Utah woman senator goes on display

Replica statue of first Utah woman senator goes on display

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A miniature replica of a statue to honor a groundbreaking state senator has gone on display at the Utah Legislature. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the replica at the state Capitol building is a preview of a statue of Sen. Martha Hughes Cannon, who became […]

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Scott Sommerdorf  |  The Salt Lake Tribune             
After midnight, Utah Governor Gary Herbert thanks the Representatives for their work as the Legidlators ended the 2012 session in the Utah House of Representatives, Thursday, March 8, 2012.

Utah leaders repeal tax reform amid criticis

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah leaders have repealed a tax reform package that came under widespread criticism. The Deseret News reports that the state Legislature’s vote came Tuesday after a report from state elections officials that enough voter signatures had been verified to put a citizens referendum seeking to […]

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BYU Men’s Basketball Seeks To Surf Past Waves Thursday

BYU Men’s Basketball Seeks To Surf Past Waves Thursday

PROVO, Utah-Thursday, BYU men’s basketball (15-7, 4-3 in West Coast Conference play) hosts Pepperdine (11-10, 4-3 in WCC play) for a conference match-up at the Marriott Center. Entering the tilt against the Waves, BYU head coach Mark Pope (15-7, .682 at BYU; 92-63, .594 as a collegiate head coach) is […]

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Michigan inmate serving 60-year sentence for selling weed requests clemency

Michigan inmate serving 60-year sentence for selling weed requests clemency

Courtesy Michigan Department of Corrections (MUSKEGON, Mich.) — A Michigan man serving a 60-year prison sentence for selling marijuana to an informant is taking a second chance to ask for clemency from the governor. Michael Thompson, 68, has been in prison since 1996 after a jury convicted him of three […]

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Snow Basketball’s Trey Farrer Named SWAC Player of the Week

Snow Basketball’s Trey Farrer Named SWAC Player of the Week

EPHRAIM, Utah-Snow College men’s basketball freshman post Trey Farrer has been named the Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Week after averaging 19.5 points and six rebounds on the week. The 6-9 Pine View High School (St. George) product totaled 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field against […]

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