Four young ladies from Mt. Pleasant will compete for the opportunity to represent the city in the Miss Mt. Pleasant scholarship pageant scheduled for Saturday. Contestants will be judged in four areas: evening wear/onstage question, lifestyle and fitness, private interview and talent. Contestants include Alexis Wright, daughter of Carl and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student has created a space to help his peers cope with their testing anxiety — The Cry Closet. KSL-TV reports senior Nemo Miller created the 400-pound (181.4 kilograms), stand-alone closet for students who need a “safe space sometimes, even if it’s in a […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The winner of the Miss Utah State University pageant captured the title after performing a spoken-word poem about the challenges of being a woman of color on campus. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Alexis Cooper, a junior agricultural science major, was crowned Miss USU 2018 last week after […]
PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed and four Mormon missionaries were injured after their cars collided in southern Idaho. Idaho State Police say 83-year-old L. Max Richards and 80-year-old Phyllis Richards died at the scene following the crash Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 91 near the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah leaders say a project to add more lanes to I-15 and improve east-west connectivity has taken a big step forward. The Daily Herald reports that state and local leaders met Wednesday morning as construction of the $430 million project to add more lanes officially began. Traffic cones […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Native American advocacy group is appealing to an independent expert with the United Nations Human Rights Council to order the United States to respond to ongoing human right violations it says are happening at Bears Ears National Monument. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that Utah Dine […]
JUAB COUNTY (UDOT)-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, Wednesday afternoon, a crash occurred on southbound Interstate 15 in Juab County just south of Santaquin. UDOT reports the incident occurred at 4:03 pm MDT at milepost 241 just past the Utah County-Juab County border. There is an estimated clearance time of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Financial disclosure forms show Utah U.S. Senate candidate Mike Kennedy has assets worth up to about $2 million, a healthy balance sheet that’s nevertheless far smaller than his Republican competitor Mitt Romney. A spokesman for the state lawmaker said Wednesday that Kennedy loaned about $250,000 […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of sexually abusing two children has pleaded guilty to two felony charges. The Daily Herald reports Cody Ball pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. Prosecutors dropped seven other felony charges against […]
Elsinore and Monroe City Fire Departments battled a fire in Elsinore Wednesday. The fire was burning an old shed and an abandoned single wide mobile home that ready for dismantling. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, a subject had been burning the canal banks in the area earlier in […]
