An officer is dead and a man is in custody after an hours long manhunt spanning multiple counties. According to police, it started around 6:30 a.m. May 5 when a Santaquin police officer, Sergeant Bill Hooser, was assisting on a call for a man standing on the back of a […]
Snow College will celebrate its 1,335 graduates during ceremonies on May 2-3. The class of 2024 represent students from 28 of Utah’s 29 counties, 29 different states, and 27 nations. The youngest graduate is 16, and the oldest is 64. The Richfield ceremony will be held in the Sevier Valley […]
At 3:20 p.m. on Apr. 30, Richfield City Police responded to an accident involving a school bus at the intersection of 600 east and 100 north. According to a post to the RCPD Facebook page, “the school bus, carrying children, was traveling northbound when a minivan ran through a yield […]
Officials have identified the man killed in a crash involving a UTV in Richfield on Monday. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, Jack Becker, age 54 of Richfield, was driving a utility terrain vehicle north on Main Street near 1100 South around 4:00 p.m. He turned left in front of […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Utah wildlife officials are allowing anglers back to Panguitch Lake, after temporarily closing the reservoir when cracks were discovered at the dam this month. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources lifted its emergency fishing closure at the reservoir yesterday. The emergency closure was initiated on April 10th […]
One person is dead after a crash involving a car and a UTV in Richfield. Shortly after 4:00 p.m. on Apr. 22, Richfield City Police, Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, Utah Highway Patrol and EMS responded to a crash at 1100 South Main Street. Police say a 54-year-old man was driving […]
(Kane County, UT) — A police chase across two southern Utah counties is ending with a suspect dead. The Department of Public Safety says the pursuit started in Iron County on Saturday and continued into Kane County where spike strips were successfully used on the suspect’s car. However, the suspect […]
A Nephi man has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for his connection to sex tourism and child pornography. According to an indictment, Kenneth Merlin Richens was suspected to have participated in sex tourism after returning from the Philippines on Mar. 30 2023. The indictment also stated […]
(Huntington, UT) — A 39-year-old relative is charged with taking money from her elderly grandmother that was meant for bills and property taxes. Police say Megan Tara Fillmore was arrested on Monday. She was charged in 7th District Court with financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, a second-degree felony, and […]
A 19 year old man has been arrested and charged after asking to use a neighbors bathroom, but instead wandering in to the bedroom of a young girl and attempting to sexually assault her. Javier Abraham Rasco Estrada was booked into the Sanpete County Jail on Sunday after, according to […]
