SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Doing intensive mental health and substance abuse screenings for people who enter Utah county jails was identified as a top priority for state officials several years ago. But the Standard-Examiner reports the money has dried up and now lawmakers are searching for ways to find more funds. […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Luguentz Dort scored 33 points and Arizona State beat Utah State 87-82 on Wednesday night to win the heavyweight bracket of the MGM Main Event. Dort’s tally placed him third in program history for single-game scoring by a freshman, behind Mario Bennett (35 in 1992) and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Willie Cauley-Stein scored 23 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic had 18 to help the Sacramento Kings beat the Utah Jazz 119-110 on Wednesday night. At a time in the game when previous Kings teams would wilt, this Sacramento squad outhustled, outmuscled and outshot the Jazz in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Yoeli Childs scored a season-high 28 points and BYU rolled to a 105-78 victory over Rice on Wednesday night. BYU (5-1) has won five straight, all at home, after losing its opener to then-No. 7 Nevada. Childs was 13 of 18 from the field and had […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake Toolson scored 20 points, Conner Toolson added 15 and Utah Valley led throughout the second half to defeat Long Beach State 87-72 Wednesday in the consolation final of the MGM Main Event’s Middleweight bracket. Long Beach State, led by Deishuan Booker’s 29 points, came as […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah House Democrats re-elected Minority Leader Brian King despite a recent allegation that he pushed a Republican state senator. King, D-Salt Lake City, was re-elected Tuesday even after state Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, filed a criminal complaint against King, claiming King pushed him […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ballot measure that creates an independent redistricting commission has narrowly passed. Final results released Tuesday night showed the proposition won by less than 1 percentage point after being virtually deadlocked through two weeks of vote counting. The proposition creates a seven-person commission that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actor James Cromwell was among animal rights protesters who held stiff carcasses of dead piglets as they demonstrated at the Utah Capitol, calling on state officials to prevent cruelty at farms and investigate health risks associated with large-scale agriculture. The 100 people participating in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Mia Love was tabbed as a rising star in the GOP when she became the first black Republican woman in Congress with her 2014 victory. But on Tuesday she became the latest Republican incumbent to fall in the midterm election’s Democratic wave that has […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Springville man accused of trying to kill his 4-month-old daughter by throwing her on a concrete floor and against a wall has been convicted. The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah, reports a jury Tuesday found 28-year-old Philip Hatfield guilty of attempted aggravated murder. Prosecutors say Hatfield picked […]
