SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon conference this weekend in Utah will usher in a new era of church leadership that comes as the faith grapples with heightened scrutiny about its handling of sexual abuse reports and one-on-one interviews between local lay leaders and youth. Church President Russell M. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points and Dante Exum had a season-high 21 to lead the Utah Jazz over the Memphis Grizzlies, 107-97 on Friday night. The Jazz clung to a 96-91 lead in the fourth quarter before Exum made a short jumper and then used […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 1,000 current and former Mormons marched to the church’s headquarters in Salt Lake City Friday to deliver petitions demanding an end to closed door, one-on-one interviews between youth and lay leaders where sexual questions sometimes arise. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County officials have decided to go back to mail-in ballots this year after receiving push back from residents and city leaders. The Deseret News reports Utah County commissioners announced Thursday that they will hold an all vote-by-mail election in 2018, reversing an earlier decision […]
NEW HARMONY, Utah (AP) — A tire and auto repair shop along Interstate 15 in southern Utah has been ordered to pay $10,000 for not telling customers the full cost of repairs. The Salt Lake Tribune reports this is the second time the Utah Division of Consumer Protection levels fines against Freeway […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he will work to oppose a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The Republican governor said in a statement Thursday that he believe the proposal has major flaws and lacks safeguards for the growing and distribution of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Shep Garner hit the 3-pointer that brought cousin Flavor Flav to his feet and helped send Penn State on its way to an NIT championship in an 82-66 victory over Utah on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. The fourth-seeded Nittany Lions (26-13) also knocked off […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A former Utah State University football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women will face two separate trials in a neighboring county after a judge agreed to move the case to find a more impartial jury. The Herald Journal of Logan reports Judge Brian Cannell agreed […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah teenager accused of trying to set off a homemade bomb at his high school will remain in juvenile detention pending his preliminary hearing in May on attempted murder and other charges. Judge Paul Dame ruled during a juvenile hearing in St. George […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least one person is under arrest in the deaths of a missing teenage couple whose bodies were found in an abandoned Utah mine. Utah County Sheriff’s officials said Thursday that 41-year-old Jerrod W. Baum is being held on suspicion of aggravated murder, kidnapping, abuse […]
