PAYSON, Utah (AP) — The father of a boy who has Down syndrome is suing the Boys Scouts of America for blocking his son from becoming an Eagle scout and revoking his merit badges. Logan Blythe has been a scout through the National Parks Council in Utah. His father, Chad, […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Four LGBT students at Mormon-owned Brigham Young University spoke to about 600 students about what it’s like to reconcile their religious beliefs with sexual identities that don’t fit within the religion’s belief system. Addison Jenkins, who spoke at the first LGBT campus forum last year, said […]
The following are the 2018 Sterling Scholars of Central Utah. The results were announced Thursday at Richfield High School. VISUAL ARTS Winner Hannah Ostraff North Sanpete Runners-Up Peyton Harrison Millard Ashlee Lyman Delta TRADE & TECHNICAL Winner Clint Tolbert Delta Runners-Up Wesley Ross Madsen North Sanpete Alex Stevens […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink. Court records show U.S. District Judge Dee Benson dismissed the case Thursday, ruling that Layton police did not […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a worker died after a tunnel he was installing at a Geneva Rock operation in Draper fell on him. The Deseret News reports Draper police say Lee MacKay died of his injuries Wednesday afternoon. Draper Police Sgt. Chad Carpenter says the 57-year-old man was […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Police in West Jordan say a teen has been arrested over a threat of violence against a middle school. West Jordan police Sgt. J.C. Holt tells the Salt Lake Tribune the teen was arrested Tuesday night after authorities received a tip about social media posts. […]
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind those who are planning controlled burns on their property to notify dispatch. Two controlled burns in Sevier County on Tuesday got out of control and required the fire department to help get them out. The state requires any burns to have to […]
Following a public hearing in Richfield Wednesday, the Sevier County planning and zoning county plan is moving on to the County Commission. The hearing concerning the plan was the first held in the County since 1989. Another public hearing will be held before the Commission can approve it. The full […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State health officials say Utah pharmacies dispensed thousands of doses of the rescue medication used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses. The Deseret News reports about 4,275 doses of naloxone were distributed last year after the Utah Department of Health issued a standing order, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thousands of Utah students at least 30 schools participated in walkouts to protest gun violence and demand change as part of national demonstrations one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida. At West High School in Salt Lake City, about […]
