SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers overruled the Republican governor Wednesday on a pair of issues regarding separation of powers, deepening an intra-party tug-of-war in the overwhelmingly GOP state. By a wide margin, the legislature voted to override vetoes issued by Gov. Gary Herbert in March and pave the […]
Two men and one teen girl are in jail in Sevier County after a robbery in Elsinore on Tuesday. Deputies and the Major Crimes Unit from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office responded to an aggravated assault and robbery. The two suspects acted like they were just visiting, but they then […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah couple that won $10,000 worth of groceries from a program that assists military families has pleaded guilty to unrelated theft charges at a department store where the woman worked. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that Nicholas and Stephanie Mannino of Layton entered guilty pleas in 2nd […]
A man is dead in Garfield County after he fell from a ledge while trying to surprise his wife on her birthday. 51-year-old Dee Jessop fell about 50 or 60 feet when he slipped in Circleville Canyon on Saturday. He was celebrating his wife’s birthday by attempting to climb up […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The head of Utah’s Department of Corrections is stepping down after five years in office. The agency announced Executive Director Rollin Cook’s resignation in a news release Wednesday. Cook says in a statement that he’s leaving the governmental position to explore other types of work […]
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development has appointed Delta businessman Roger Killpack to its board of directors. Killpack has run Service Drug in Delta since 1985, growing it from five employees to more than 40. The board assists the office in building economic diversity in the state. Killpack replaces former […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A former teacher who is accused of sexually abusing five girls when they were in elementary school in southwest Utah has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Spectrum reports 59-year-old Curtis William Payne on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of aggravated child sexual abuse. […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 38-year-old Utah man convicted of sexually abusing five young girls will spend the rest of his life behind bars. A judge in Ogden sentenced Jacob Streeper of Riverdale to at least 100 years in prison. He still faces sentencing for two additional felony charges after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who was riding a stolen motorcycle when he crashed into a pedestrian last year was sentenced to a year in jail. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 20-year-old Lutolofi Maama was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in February to felony counts of theft, failure to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s NAACP chapter is urging the state’s schools to be proactive about preventing racial slurs and prejudiced bullying that the organization says have been on the rise since the 2016 presidential election. Jeanetta Williams, president of NAACP’s tri-state conference area of Idaho-Utah-Nevada, says the issue […]
