SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State lawmakers have approved a plan that would leave those convicted under Utah’s bigamy law facing harsher penalties if they’re also convicted of other crimes such as domestic abuse. Members of the full House of Representatives voted Thursday in favor of the bill, despite concern […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped three counts of money laundering, bribery and evidence tampering against former Utah Attorney General John Swallow after a key witness refused to testify. Prosecutors dropped the charges Thursday before resting their influence-peddling case against Swallow, who still faces 10 counts of evidence […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating in the case of a Utah man on trial for the second time in his wife’s death. The jurors in 35-year-old Conrad Truman’s first-degree murder trial will have to decide whether he shot and killed Heidy Truman in 2012 or if […]
A new young lady was chosen to represent Fairview City at the Miss Fairview pageant held last Saturday at the Peterson Dance Hall. Kelsie Nielson, the daughter of Mike and Debbie Nielson, was crowned queen, with Ireland Rawlinson first attendant and Nicole Day second attendant. Kelsie follows in the steps […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Senate panel says Utah should repeal a state law barring the “advocacy of homosexuality” in schools, which gay rights groups are currently challenging in court. The Senate Education Committee unanimously voted Tuesday in favor of a bill cutting the word “homosexuality” from the state’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State Democratic leaders and a couple of small business owners are blasting Utah’s Republican leadership for its stubborn stance on public lands that led a lucrative outdoor trade show to leave town. Democrat State Party Chair Peter Corroon said Tuesday at a news conference that […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Lawmakers in several states are considering requirements for doctors to inform women seeking medical abortions about an unproven procedure called “abortion reversal.” Doctors’ groups oppose the bills because of flawed science and ethical concerns. There is no evidence the procedure works and little information about its safety. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A plan that would expand capital punishment in Utah so that criminals convicted of aggravated human trafficking or child sex exploitation that leads to death could be executed has made it through the House of Representatives. The plan passed by a single vote on Tuesday […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors say two Utah teens charged with shooting a 14-year-old girl in the back of the head and leaving her wounded in a ditch lured her there with a plan to rob and kill her. Charging documents filed Tuesday say the 16-year-old boys told the girl […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The sight of young men doing the haka dance has become a common occurrence at football games in Utah, but some Maori people think the widespread use can betray the sacred origin of their cultural ritual. The Salt Lake Tribune reports things like shirt-tearing or […]
