Thanks to a statewide Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) plan, a network of bike paths across Sanpete County is one step closer to becoming a reality. The UDOT 2023-2050 Unified Transportation Plan focuses most of its entries for Sanpete County on improving the conditions for cyclists. One of the main […]
One of the largest drug busts in Sanpete County in recent history has taken drugs with a street value of $280K off the street. Eight agencies, including local law enforcement, joined together to carry out the sting operation in Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday, January 24. Three individuals were arrested and […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has announced new life preparation lessons as part of their seminary curriculum. There will be 36 lessons each year starting in some areas of the United States and Canada this month followed by a global rollout in January 2025. Church Commissioner […]
An Aurora firefighter has been arrested in an online child exploitation sting. Gary Joseph Hawkins, age 44, was booked into the Sevier County Jail on Jan. 29 , accused of possessing child sex abuse material and trying to arrange a meeting with an underage girl and her mother so they […]
A missing teen from Elsinore has been located. Around noon on Jan. 28, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office posted to their Facebook page asking for the public’s help in locating a 14 year old that had left their home the night before and not returned. They also had not given […]
A body has been located in Wayne County. On Jan. 20, Wayne County Search and Rescue, Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and K9 Search Team “Dogs at Work” conducted a search for a missing person in the Caineville and Hanksville area of Wayne County. Just after 11:00 a.m. a motorcycle team […]
One person is dead and two are injured after a wrong way crash on Interstate 70. According to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Clay Morgan, a green Saturn was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes on I-70 Jan. 19 from approximately mile post 31 to mile post 33. At mile post […]
Nineteen candidates have officially filed to run for different positions in Sanpete County for the upcoming 2024 election. Running unopposed for Utah State Senate District 27 is Utah Sen. Derrin Owens of Fountain Green. For the Utah State House District 66 seat, Brian Nielson of Gunnison, Linda Hanks of Levan, […]
A man is behind bars after a road rage incident in Millard County. Around 4:00 p.m. on Jan. 17, Millard County Deputies responded to the area of State Route 257 and State Route 6 and 50 on a report of Road Rage involving a husband and wife in separate vehicles. […]
A Utah State inmate pleaded guilty in Sixth District Court in Manti on Wednesday to manslaughter in the death of a fellow inmate at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. Cleo Cheney, 43, was incarcerated at the Gunnison prison with 62-year old Ted Davey. Cheney had been in prison since 2018 […]
