ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The family of a baby who was abused at 9-months-old says the boy has suffered serious physical harm since the incident. The Spectrum reported Monday (http://bit.ly/2jn2mdn ) that 25-year-old Dakota Ross Woolsey, of Hurricane, has pleaded guilty to felony counts of child abuse and aggravated […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah men are not big spenders when it comes to engagement rings. Wedding website Venus With Love ranks the state the fourth lowest in terms of how much of a man’s monthly salary a man goes toward a ring. The site says a man in […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A former Utah English teacher convicted of sexually abusing three students told a parole board member Tuesday that she took advantage of the boys as she dealt with her own low self-esteem. Ex-Davis High School teacher Brianne Altice, 37, was convicted in 2015 of having sex […]
(Washington, DC) – Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz is satisfied with his meeting with the government’s top ethics official. Chaffetz and other members of the House Oversight Committee had a private meeting with the director of the Office of Government Ethics yesterday. Chaffetz had criticized the director and the agency for […]
(Cedar City, UT) – Two roads are closed in Iron County because of the dangerous, snowy conditions in the area.  The state department of transportation says State Route 143 is closed from Brian Head to Mammoth. The road is still open to Brian Head to Parowan. A portion of State Route 14 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 6,000 women and others wearing pink hats, carrying signs and chanting “Women of Utah unite,” have poured into the Utah State Capitol as lawmakers started their 2017 session. The demonstrators in Salt Lake City hiked a steep hill in heavy snow and wind Monday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Senate President Wayne Niederhauser says President Donald Trump’s inauguration comments about transferring power back from Washington. D.C. and “giving it back to you, the people” were encouraging. Niederhauser, a Sandy Republican, kicked off the opening day of Utah’s 2017 legislative session with a speech on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly released police video shows the moment when multiple shots were fired at a Somali refugee from short range after the suspect refused to drop a metal stick. Body camera videos released Monday show two officers running after then-17-year-old Abdullahi “Abdi” Mohamed and yelling at […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A former Utah English teacher is set to appear before the state parole board for the first time since she was sentenced to prison after being convicted of sexually abusing three students. The Board of Pardons and Parole will consider when to release ex-Davis High School […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The vast majority of money going to Utah state legislators appears to be coming from special interests. An analysis by “The Salt Lake Tribune” says special-interest groups gave 92 percent of the campaign money raised by members of the 2017 legislature in last year’s election. […]
