A former Fayette Town clerk who pleaded guilty to misuse of public money was sentenced in Sixth District Court in Manti on Wednesday. Tracy Kay Mellor pleaded guilty in October to three 3rd degree felonies after an investigation revealed she had been writing Town checks to a personal business account […]
The Norbest turkey plant in Moroni is donating 100 live turkeys to Direct Action Everywhere, the animal rights group whose members have been charged with entering a turkey growing shed and stealing a baby turkey. DxE has been in contact with Pitman Family Farms, the new owners of the Moroni […]
Eighteen months after Kammy Edmund’s body was found in her Mt. Pleasant home, a trial date has been set for the man charged in her death. Anthony Christensen told police he found his fiance deceased on the floor of their bathroom on the morning of March 31, 2017. He said […]
Three members of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), a Berkeley, California animal activist group, pleaded guilty to amended charges stemming from their entrance into a turkey growing shed and theft of a young turkey in Sanpete County at the beginning of 2017. Jonathan Frohnmayer, Samer Masterson and Andrew Sharo each pleaded […]
Two more people have pleaded guilty to charges connected to the Knights of the Crystal Blade religious cult child sex abuse case. Keith and Catherine Coltharp, parents of cult leader John Coltharp, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, a Class A misdemeanor. According to court records, on or around July […]
A former Fayette Town clerk pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three 3rd degree felony counts of misuse of public money. Tracy Kay Mellor was arrested on July 5 and charged with nine felony counts dating from 2014 and 2015; however, during the investigation, it was discovered that over $220,000 had […]
Ephraim City is experiencing a water emergency. The shaft on the City well has snapped, and the well is no longer functioning. The entire City water supply, including drinking water, is now completely dependent on the springs, which are extremely low. As a result, effective immediately, all outside watering in […]
A meeting was held in Mt. Pleasant Monday evening to provide the public with information about the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires. Two Type 1 teams are now in place and managing the fires. Containment lines have been created from Santaquin to Spanish Fork Canyon, and officials said back […]
A Mt. Pleasant man will spend 45 days in the Sanpete County Jail for his role in enticing a minor through text messages. Bradford Bentley was a teacher at North Sanpete High School when he sent sexually explicit messages to a 16-year old student in March. He was fired by […]
Ephraim City has experienced a broken water line, and the City is requesting residents to suspend outside watering until tomorrow. The break should be repaired by then, and residents can follow the regular watering schedule after today.
