SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell Nelson, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became the faith’s oldest leader in history on Tuesday. The former heart surgeon has led the church since 2018 and is now 97 years, seven months and six days old. Though the […]
The Central Utah Public Health Department is getting a significant upgrade. A new building was approved by the Sanpete County Commission to be built in Manti. The new building will replace the current building in Manti, as well as the building in Mt. Pleasant. The building will be located on […]
(Provo, UT) — A jury is deliberating its verdict following closing arguments in the Jarrod Baum murder trial. Utah County Attorney Christine Scott reminded the jury yesterday of witness testimony that Baum brutally stabbed 18-year-old Riley Powell in 2017. Baum is also charged with the murder of 17-year-old Breezy Otteson. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — An AMBER Alert has been issued for three Utah children who may have been taken to South Dakota by their mother. Police say the three children were last seen in Salt Lake City with Conchita Leona Peralta. Peralta had been ordered to surrender custody of […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A study by a Utah-based analytics firm shows mental health among college students declined because of virtual schooling. Students at Southern Utah University have told campus officials they want more mental health facilities and have agreed to pay 44-dollars a year to open a new health […]
A woman in Wayne county is facing criminal charges after police say she entered a home looking for people to shoot, then fired a weapon multiple times. Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the home on Apr. 9 and took 31 year old Jericha Wells into custody. According to a […]
(New Haven, CT) – Republican Senator Mike Lee and Attorney General Sean Reyes are demanding that Yale Law School punish students who disrupted an event featuring a well-known conservative lawyer. Kristen Waggoner for the Alliance Defending Freedom is best known as the lawyer who defended a Colorado baker who refused […]
(Emery County, UT) — Law enforcement is asking for help locating a man reported missing in southeastern Utah. Jonathan Baker has not been heard from since last Thursday, when he called a family member to tell them he was at a slot canyon in Emery County. Baker is thought to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol says deadly crashes so far this year are running well ahead of the state’s five-year average. Enforcement numbers released yesterday reported 30 deadly crashes handled by UHP troopers statewide as of April 10th. Not only is that total up 15-percent from […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new study ranks Utah high for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Bureau of Economic Research, which ranked all states according to pandemic health, economy and policy, has placed Utah Number One for its pandemic response. Under specific categories, Utah ranked fourth […]
