HUNTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities on Christmas Eve towed nearly 40 cars from the Utah state road leading up to Snowbasin Resort. The Standard-Examiner reports a release Monday from the Weber County sheriff’s office says deputies began towing vehicles parked illegally along State Road 226 to help “facilitate safe travel for motorists […]
SYRACUSE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three stranded duck hunters stuck were rescued by a heavy-duty all-terrain vehicle plowing through invasive reeds on Christmas Eve. The Davis County Sheriff’s Office tells KSL-TV they used the vehicle donated by the locally filmed Discovery Channel show “Diesel Brothers” to plow through 13-foot-high […]
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) — A former mayor in a small southern Utah town has constructed a unique way to spread Christmas cheer: A huge light display on wheels. Lenza Wilson drives the 200-foot-long (61-meters) “Christmas train” through the town of Escalante on many nights during the holiday season, KSL-TV reported . Wilson’s […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A former Utah State football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women has added two high-profile consultants to his defense team. The Herald Journal reports investigators F. Lee Bailey and Pat McKenna will help defend 25-year-old ex-linebaker Torrey Green. Bailey was on the OJ Simpson “dream team” when […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Idaho inmate accused of sexually assaulting a woman after he was sent to work at a wildfire base camp in Utah has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery. The woman approved the plea deal so she could avoid having to testify in the case, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been charged with six felony counts after authorities said he tried to have sex with a 13-year-old boy. Prosecutors say the 48-year-old Westmoreland was on the dating app Grindr when he found a profile operated by a police […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan woman who was deported from Utah a year ago has since made the heart-wrenching decision to send two of her children back to the United States without her. The Deseret News reports Maria Santiago Garcia reluctantly determined the future would be bleak for them in […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Logan say a driver fell asleep at the wheel and caused a crash that left one person dead. Logan police say the collision occurred Sunday afternoon on U.S. 89 and also injured several people. Police Chief Gary Jensen says the driver of an SUV […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say the body of a man has been recovered from a Salt Lake City apartment building after a fire. Salt Lake City Fire Department officials say crews responded to a report of a blaze at Beck Street Apartments around 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The Deseret […]
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Republican U.S. Senator from Utah blocked a vote on a bill to grant federal recognition to Montana’s Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The U.S. House passed a bill in September that would have required the federal government to set aside a small amount of […]
