A Mt. Pleasant man has pleaded guilty to enticing a minor through text messages. Bradford Bentley, a former North Sanpete High School teacher, entered the guilty plea to the Class A misdemeanor at his initial appearance on Wednesday. Bentley sent sexually enticing texts to a 16-year old student earlier this […]
A former Fayette Town employee has been arrested in connection with the misuse of public funds dating back to 2009. Tracy Kay Mellor was booked into the Sanpete County Jail on Thursday following an investigation initiated when Mellor quit her job as town clerk in January following a confrontation with […]
Five young ladies will compete to represent Gunnison City when the Miss Gunnison scholarship pageant is held on Saturday. The pageant will be held at 7 p.m. at Gunnison Valley High School. Participants include Carolyn Donaldson, Meg Childs, Ashtyn Childs, Ashley Boore and Aubree Jensen. Tickets for the evening will […]
Thanks to a USDA Rural Development Grant, Sterling Town will begin redevelopment of the upper and lower ponds in Forbush Cove to collect more water for its residents. The grant took a year to come to fruition, and the town wasn’t sure it would even come through. So, it was […]
A side-by-side accident in Sanpete County on Monday afternoon sent two girls to the hospital. According to the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. on Shumway Road, north of Manti when two girls, between the ages of 11 and 14, went off the roadway, and the […]
Two vehicles were involved in an accident on Main Street and 400 South in Richfield on Friday. A green Ford Ranger pick-up sustained significant damage in the accident, although injuries were minor. Traffic has not been impacted by the accident.
The second member of a doomsday cult accused of child sex abuse has pleaded guilty in Sanpete County and been sentenced to a long prison term. Samuel Shaffer entered his guilty plea to first degree felony sodomy on a child on Wednesday and was sentenced to 15 years to life […]
The chairs are put away, the sets are stowed in the warehouse, and the 52nd season of the Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant is complete. Final numbers indicate attendance was about on par with previous years with a total of 76,950. The biggest night by far was the second Friday when […]
Miss Richfield Erin Burrows is scheduled to turn over her crown to one of 10 young ladies at the Miss Richfield scholarship pageant Saturday evening. Contestants include Sydnie Worley, Jacie Jolley, Kristen Crowther, Brooke-Ambree Naone, Tressa Bastian, Katey Anderson, Aspen Leany, Maycie Madsen, Brinly Knight, and Josie Thalman. The pageant […]
The woman whose arrest in Sanpete County earlier this year eventually led to the discovery of the bodies of two missing teens tried to withdraw her guilty pleas to weapons and traffic violations in Sixth District Court in Manti. Morgan Reannion Henderson said she didn’t feel she completely understood what […]
