On Apr. 30, authorities with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office along with Richfield City Police arrested two individuals in connection to a number of vehicle thefts throughout Sevier County. On May 5, authorities recovered a large number of items, including multiple firearms, the two had stolen. Cody Wright and Shyanna […]
Around 5:00 a.m. on May 8, authorities responded to a report of an individual passed out in a vehicle on the side of the road near Joseph. The individual, Collin Campbell, gave police false information when asked for his name and information. He also did not recall how he came […]
On May 4, officials with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney Generals Office raided a home in Koosharem. The raid was in response to a warrant on Roger Jackman Jr., age 54, who was suspected of downloading and distributing child pornography. The Attorney Generals Office provided a mobile […]
A Mt. Pleasant native has been named Chairman of the Utah Republican Party. Carson Jorgensen was named as the new Chairman, taking the place of Chairman Brown, at the Utah GOP convention held the weekend of May. 1. Jorgensen shared in a joint statement with Vice Chair Hess, Secretary Horlacher […]
In a special online meeting held by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on May 1, president of the Church Russel M. Nelson announced that a new temple was to be built in the city of Ephraim. In the meeting the prophet shared that the pioneers sacrificed […]
Early in the morning of Apr. 26, Kane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a hiker that had fallen and hit his head. Jeffrey Bowden, age 55 from Cedar City, was hiking with a friend in an area known as Fat Man’s Misery located east of Zion National […]
In a post to their Facebook page on Apr. 26, the Emery County Sheriff’s Office shared that a 24 year old man lost his life in a hiking accident in a side canyon of Cottonwood Canyon above Orangeville. The victim, Matthew J. Schnitzer from New York, had been camping in […]
In a message sent by the Missionary Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to church leaders on Apr. 23, the church encouraged all missionaries and prospective missionaries to get a COVID-19 vaccine. For missionaries already serving their mission, leaders will monitor the availability of the […]
Just after 5:30 p.m. on Apr. 21 the Circleville, Marysville and Junction fire departments responded to a fire inside a business on Main Street in Circleville. According to Piute County Shariff’s Deputy Matt Whittaker, it appears the fire started in a woodshop in the back of Mike’s Arcade where the […]
Recently there has been a string of thefts from unlocked vehicles in Monroe. According to Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis, four or five vehicles were broken into, but two of the vehicles had nothing taken. One vehicle had some sunglasses stolen and another vehicle had a rifle and some binoculars […]
