Samuel Shaffer, the professed prophet of the Knights of the Crystal Blade doomsday cult, made an appearance in Sixth District Court in Manti on Wednesday. Shaffer was there for a waiver hearing on first and second degree felony sodomy on a child, child bigamy and obstruction of justice charges stemming […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a Utah man accused in the death of a teenage couple forced the girl to kneel and watch her boyfriend being beaten and stabbed before she was killed and thrown down an abandoned mine shaft in Utah. Charging documents filed Tuesday say 41-year-old […]
A Central Valley man is dead following a motorcycle crash at the Bunker Hill Race Track. The Millard County Sheriff’s Office reports the victim is 18-year-old Hunter Syddall. Ambulance personnel who were already stationed at the race track immediately began life saving efforts, but Syddall was pronounced dead later at […]
President Russell M. Nelson announced two significant organizational changes Saturday night designed to help everyday Latter-day Saints in congregations throughout the world minister more like Jesus Christ. “Tonight we announce a significant restructuring of our Melchizedek Priesthood quorums to accomplish the work of the Lord more effectively,” President Nelson said […]
(Juab County, UT) — Investigators say they have made several arrests in connection with two bodies found in an abandoned mine near Eureka yesterday. Authorities believe the bodies are 18-year-old Riley Powell and 17-year-old Brelynne Otteson, who went missing three months ago. One of those arrests includes 41-year-old Jerrod Baum. […]
Unified police and fire, and search and rescue crews believe they have found the bodies of two missing teens in Juab County. Authorities searched through the Tintic Standard mine in Eureka on Wednesday. During a press conference, officials said they found the bodies about 100 feet down an open mine. […]
A capital murder case was finally settled in Manti on Wednesday when 36-year old Steven Crutcher was sentenced for the murder of his cellmate at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison in 2013. The case had been schedule to go to trial in a few weeks, but Crutcher instead […]
The Juab County Sheriff’s office is investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a train in Mona Monday morning. The incident was reported at 100 North and 400 West. Witnesses told authorities that the man jumped in front of the train as it approached and the incident is […]
The Millard County Sheriff’s Office wants residents and business owners to be aware they have investigated several cases of counterfeit money recently. According to a report from the sheriff’s office a counterfeit $100 bill with Chinese writing, was used at a store in Delta on March 12. That same night […]
It appears the cases against a Spring City man accused of kidnapping his own children and marrying the young daughter of a cult leader are headed for trial. Because of the number of witnesses and the volume of evidence collected in the case against John Coltharp, Sanpete County Attorney Kevin […]
