SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers overruled the Republican governor Wednesday on a pair of issues regarding separation of powers, deepening an intra-party tug-of-war in the overwhelmingly GOP state. By a wide margin, the legislature voted to override vetoes issued by Gov. Gary Herbert in March and pave the […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Rookie Donovan Mitchell scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to help the Utah Jazz defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 102-95 on Wednesday night and tie their Western Conference playoff series at one win game apiece. Derrick Favors had career playoff bests of […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah couple that won $10,000 worth of groceries from a program that assists military families has pleaded guilty to unrelated theft charges at a department store where the woman worked. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that Nicholas and Stephanie Mannino of Layton entered guilty pleas in 2nd […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The head of Utah’s Department of Corrections is stepping down after five years in office. The agency announced Executive Director Rollin Cook’s resignation in a news release Wednesday. Cook says in a statement that he’s leaving the governmental position to explore other types of work […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A former teacher who is accused of sexually abusing five girls when they were in elementary school in southwest Utah has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Spectrum reports 59-year-old Curtis William Payne on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of aggravated child sexual abuse. […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 38-year-old Utah man convicted of sexually abusing five young girls will spend the rest of his life behind bars. A judge in Ogden sentenced Jacob Streeper of Riverdale to at least 100 years in prison. He still faces sentencing for two additional felony charges after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who was riding a stolen motorcycle when he crashed into a pedestrian last year was sentenced to a year in jail. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 20-year-old Lutolofi Maama was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in February to felony counts of theft, failure to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder forward Paul George and Utah guard Donovan Mitchell, the leading scorers for their respective teams in their first-round playoff series, are questionable for Game 2 on Wednesday. George scored 36 points in the opener and set a team playoff record with eight 3-pointers in Oklahoma […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s NAACP chapter is urging the state’s schools to be proactive about preventing racial slurs and prejudiced bullying that the organization says have been on the rise since the 2016 presidential election. Jeanetta Williams, president of NAACP’s tri-state conference area of Idaho-Utah-Nevada, says the issue […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State auditors examining the arrest of a Utah nurse who refused to let a police officer draw blood from an unconscious patient say Salt Lake City police should consider investigating complaints against officers more quickly. The audit released Tuesday says the department followed its policies, […]
