In a post to their Facebook Page on July 14, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office shared a press release regarding a situation where a 19 year old individual was charged with a hate crime for crumpling up and stomping on a back the blue sign in Panguitch. According to the […]
The ACLU of Utah says it is extremely troubled by the decision of the Garfield County Attorney’s Office to add a hate crime enhancement against a woman who crumbled up a sign backing police officers and then stomped on it in front of an officer. According to a probable cause […]
On July 11, just before 7:30 p.m. Sevier County Deputies were dispatched to a stolen vehicle in the county. According to the victim he came out around 6:00 and noticed a silver truck parked just out of his property. He then noticed his truck was missing. The missing truck matched […]
On July 8, at 11:36 p.m. authorities in Richfield received a 911 call reporting a double stabbing and shooting in Central Valley. The caller, 75-year-old Margo Evans, was in obvious panic as she reported her husband, 75-year-old Charles Evans, was being stabbed by her grandson, 28-year-old Wade Evans. Right after […]
The Salina City Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a suspect. In a post made to their Facebook page the department shared an image of the suspect stating that the subject was last seen at Loves in Salina the morning of July 8 at about 9:30. The […]
Just before 6:30 p.m. on July 7, authorities in Sanpete County responded to a small plane crash about one mile north of Chester. The plane was a small glider that flew out of Nephi with the pilot and one passenger on board. The glider made an emergency landing in a […]
Around 5:00 p.m. on July 7, authorities responded to a new wildfire burning in Sevier County. The Willow Creek Fire is burning a few miles south of Mayfield. With the quick response of air & ground resources, the Willow Creek Fire was held to 48 acres. Federal & state crews, along […]
The Utah Legislature has formed a bipartisan Redistricting committee to gather information and public input in order to recommend new district boundaries. These boundaries determine state legislative and congressional districts and are required to be looked at every ten years. Rep. Carl Albrect, who is on the committee stated that […]
To prevent human-caused wildfires, Central Utah Inter-agency Fire Managers are implementing Stage 2 Fire Restrictions beginning July 6 on all federally administered public lands, State Lands and private lands in Juab, Millard, Beaver, Piute, Wayne, Garfield and Sevier Counties. The following acts are prohibited until fire danger decreases and fire […]
On July 2, a new wildfire started burning in Millard county. The Monk Springs fire is believed to have been started by a lightning strike and is burning about six miles Southeast of Kanosh. As of July 5, the fire has burned 170 acres and is 70 percent contained. There […]
