PROVO, Utah-Thursday, at the advent of the release of the West Coast Conference men’s basketball preseason poll, BYU was selected to finish second in the conference standings. The overwhelming top selection was perennial national power Gonzaga. The Bulldogs, who have been linked to rumors of joining the prestigious Big East […]
FOP Chicago Lodge 7/YouTube (CHICAGO) — Chicago’s police union chief is urging officers to defy the city’s requirement to report their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday. Under the mandate, all city employees must submit their vaccination status by the end of the workweek. Unvaccinated workers who refuse to submit to […]
Courtesy of Conrad MacKethan (NEW YORK) — Luchiano Lewis was sentenced Thursday to the maximum of nine years to life in prison for his role in the murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors. Majors, 18, was stabbed to death on Dec. 11, 2019, in upper Manhattan’s Morningside Park, just […]
State Bank of Southern Utah in Gunnison is getting a new building. Managers and employees gathered on Wednesday October 6 for a groundbreaking ceremony. The new bank will be on the corner of 100 South and Main Street in Gunnison. The 9,600 square feet building will provide bigger spaces and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A hacked list containing the names of supposed members of an anti-government militia contained the name of a top Utah government official. A group called Distributed Denial of Secrets released a massive amount of emails and lists for the far-right group, the Oath Keepers. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute is revealing that more than half of Utah households can’t afford the state’s median home price. Researchers say the report confirms that Utah is in the midst of a housing shortage, which occurs when the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah hunters will need to circle October 20th on their calendars. The Division of Wildlife Resources will start taking applications for the 2022 sportsman hunting permits next week. DWR says hunters can apply for as many species as they would like. Applications will need to […]
U.S. Capitol Police (WASHINGTON) — In the nine months since the Jan. 6 attack, even as their physical injuries heal, some Capitol Police officers still do battle with unseen wounds and memories. As part of their department’s efforts to assist with that healing, the agency has now added two “wellness […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe at a party was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder and other counts. The 21-year-old Lowe died at a late-September house party just hours after the Utes defeated Washington State University. Charges […]
Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 719,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center […]
