PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to killing a Provo man last year as part of a deal that will remove the possibility of the death penalty. The Daily Herald reports that 22-year-old Orem resident Jesse Gourdin pleaded guilty to felony charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault Wednesday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A California woman suing her father for sexual abuse that occurred during her childhood says Mormon church leaders allowed the sexual assault to continue by failing to report it to police. Kristy Johnson said Thursday in Salt Lake City that her now-deceased mother told local […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for a former Provo restaurant owner accused of posing as a doctor to sexually assault women. The Daily Herald reports 34-year-old Borzin Mottaghian pleaded not guilty in February to 17 felony charges, including 12 counts of object rape and two counts of forcible […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he’d support Sen. Mike Lee if he was nominated for the Supreme Court, but he likely wouldn’t name himself as Lee’s replacement if the senator was confirmed. Lee is on the list of 25 names President Donald Trump is considering […]
A motorcycle rider is recovering after an accident on I-70 Friday morning. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, 64-year-old Ronald Watts was traveling Eastbound near mile marker 53 when he went off the roadway to the left. He crashed into two posts and continued into the median where he crashed […]
MINERSVILLE, Utah-Per information from KUTV 2 News in Salt Lake City, another wildfire has commenced near Minersville Thursday afternoon. As of 3:00 pm MDT Thursday, the blaze, known as the Black Mountain Fire, had grown to roughly 4,000 acres. This has resulted in the closure of S.R. 130 and the […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A judge has ordered a Utah teenager to stand trial on charges accusing him of trying to blow up a homemade bomb in his backpack at a high school in St. George. A hearing is scheduled next week to determine whether the 16-year-old who police […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildfires burning in Utah have destroyed at least three homes and are threatening about a dozen others. The homes were destroyed Wednesday by the Fruitland Shed fire burning in Duchense County southeast of Salt Lake City. That 20-acre (8-hectare) fire is estimated to be 75 […]
PAROWAN CANYON, Utah-Per an official Thursday morning report from Utah Wildfire as of 9:19 am MDT, the Dry Canyon fire is currently estimated at 30 acres. Utah Wildfire states the crew is “making good progress” as two hotshot crews have been employed and multiple fire engines are on the scene. […]
IRON COUNTY, Utah-Per a report from Fox 13 of Salt Lake City, an Orderville man was pronounced dead after an early Wednesday morning crash 13 miles south of Cedar City. The report states that 21-year-old Joshua M. Caruso of Orderville, around 3:00 am MDT Wednesday morning, was driving southbound in […]
