(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is encouraging Utahns to participate in this weekend’s Feed Utah food drive. Cox said yesterday that the state has put money toward helping families in need, but says government can’t do the job alone. Donors can leave a bag of non-perishable food items […]
(Washington, DC) — Senator Mike Lee is unhappy with President Biden’s executive order to help reduce gun violence. The Utah Republican tweeted yesterday that the “constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not a second-class right.” That was a follow-up to his statement saying Biden had overstepped […]
(Nephi, UT) — A pregnant teenager is facing a lot of charges after swerving at a Highway Patrol trooper who tried to stop her for driving faster than 120 miles an hour. The Utah Highway Patrol says a trooper who clocked 19-year-old Emily Marie Schantz going 95 miles an hour […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is doing its part to try and help save the Great Salt Lake. The church is donating the equivalent of more than 20-thousand acre feet of water. Governor Spencer Cox said the move “will make a real […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has signed a controversial abortion bill. On Wednesday, Cox signed off on legislation that will ban all clinics from providing abortions in Utah starting as early as May 3rd. The bill will also impose other abortion restrictions if the state’s trigger ban […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Meteorologists are predicting flood threats for a large portion of the U.S. this spring. About 44% of the U.S. is at risk for flooding, Ed Clark, director of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Water Center, told reporters on Thursday. There is a risk of […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla.) — A second person has been arrested and charged in the murder of Jared Bridegan, a former Microsoft executive who was shot and killed in the middle of a Jacksonville Beach street last year in what authorities described as a targeted ambush. Mario Fernandez […]
Seven Henrico County Sheriff’s deputies have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of Irvo Otieno, who died in Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie, Va., while in police custody. From top left, Bradley Disse, Dwayne Bramble, Jermaine Branch, Randy Boyer; bottom from left, Tabitha Levere, […]
Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images, FILE (FORT HOOD, Texas) — The Army is investigating the death of 21-year-old Pvt. Ana Basalduaruiz, a combat engineer at Fort Hood, Texas, who had served with the division for the last 15 months. Basalduaruiz, who was found dead last month, told her mother she was […]
Three young women will compete for the title of Miss Fountain Green on Saturday. Contestants include McKinlee Roach, daughter of Darren and Jennifer Roach; Paeton Johnson, daughter of Ryan and Cassie Johnson; and Maylee Yorgason, the daughter of Ryan and Kristiena Yorgason. The pageant will take place at 7 p.m. […]
