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 […]
The third man to be charged with felony child sex abuse in connection with the Knights of the Crystal Blade doomsday cult made an appearance in Sixth District Court in Manti on Wednesday. Robert Roe, 34, of Castro, California, made an initial appearance with his attorney, Steven Shapiro of Salt […]
A second member of the Knights of the Crystal Blade has pleaded guilty to charges brought about because of the cult’s belief in child marriage. John Alvin Coltharp of Spring City pleaded guilty to 1st degree felony sodomy of a child and 2nd degree felony child bigamy in Sixth District […]
A recent land acquisition by the State of Utah in Manti may eventually lead to a new courthouse. Manti City recently sold the old downtown MIBA building site to the State for $120,000. At the time of the sale, City Recorder Kent Barton said the State had chosen not to […]
