LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Students at Utah State University illuminated the base of the campus’ iconic Old Main building in Logan with rainbow lights on Tuesday in support of LGBTQ students at Brigham Young University in Provo. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the colorful display mimicked the lighting on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has said that a SWAT team member hit and killed a BYU student while driving to a standoff. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon confirmed Thursday that a SWAT employee at the sheriff’s office T-boned and killed 22-year-old Joseph Spencer […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Students at Brigham Young University wore rainbow colors this week in support of the LGBTQ campus community, a year after the school said what it described as same-sex romantic behavior was prohibited and would lead to discipline under school code. Organizer Bradley Talbot said even though […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University in Utah says it will keep its police department after an administrative law judge threw out a case in which state officials sought to take away the campus’ rights to police itself. The decision Tuesday came two years after the state Department […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Stephen Clawson, a senior art major at Brigham Young University, does his paintings in the basement of his grandmother’s home, also known as his studio. His work over the past seven years culminated into what he called an abstract art experience. The gallery at BYU was […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Officials say the number of self-reported coronavirus cases on Brigham Young University’s campus has almost doubled to 146. That figure from Monday is up from 80 cases last week. The school says in a statement that many of the self-reported cases have stemmed from gatherings both […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Provo city council will discuss a possible face-mask mandate and other coronavirus-prevention measures at an emergency meeting on Thursday, shortly before students begin returning to college classes. Daily Herald reports council members are worried the city isn’t as well prepared as it should be for […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brigham Young University police are searching for the people who vandalized an on-campus statue of Brigham Young. The Daily Herald reported campus Police Lt. Rich Christianson says surveillance video indicated there were two suspects involved but police are still investigating. Police say the vandals poured red, […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brigham Young University professor Mikel Stevens will never forget the day when he stumbled across a flower called a penstemon that was different than any he had seen before. He tells the Daily Herald that he sat in his vehicle for a few minutes as he […]
Utah public health officials are contacting and testing Brigham Young University basketball fans who sat near a coronavirus patient at a game prior to the infection being diagnosed. The university said Monday the man had mild symptoms, and the risk the virus was transmitted widely at the Feb. 22 game […]
