PROVO, Utah (AP) — Seven cities in Utah County have so far said they plan on using ranked-choice voting for this year’s municipal elections. The Daily Herald reported Wednesday that ranked-choice voting allows voters to rank candidates they prefer from first to last. If no candidate gets more than half […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah prosecutors have filed charges against a person who hosted a Halloween party in the Provo-Orem suburb of Levi. The city said Thursday that police shut down a party at a commercial building after receiving a nuisance complaint on Halloween day. The city prosecutor charged […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — The Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers has recorded eight pumpkins this year weighing over 1,000 pounds, setting a state record. KSTU-TV reported that the first-place pumpkin at the 16th Annual UGPG Thanksgiving Point Weigh-Off on Saturday weighed an incredible 1,825 pounds. The hefty gourd was grown by […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — Residents in a community on the shore of Utah Lake were allowed to return home Monday after wildfire prompted the evacuation of about 3,100 homes.City officials said Monday the fire near Saratoga Springs destroyed one home and damaged 12 others Sunday. The blaze had spread […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say fireworks caused a wildfire that forced out residents of several houses and from an apartment building early Sunday as flames threatened the homes. Utah Fire Info says in a tweet that a suspect was cooperating with law enforcement. News outlets report there were […]
LEHI, Utah (The Salt Lake Tribune) — A former Lehi City public works chief has been charged with multiple felonies after prosecutors accuse him of allegedly stealing $800,000 from the northern Utah city through fraudulent charges paid to his cousin’s company. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that 42-year-old former […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah teacher has pleaded guilty to murder charges in the shooting death of her ex-husband’s girlfriend, who was killed in front of the former couple’s 3-year-old twins. Prosecutors have said Chelsea Cook shot Lisa Williams while Williams and the children decorated a Christmas […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — A tractor-trailer rig carrying butane was leaking the flammable gas from a leaking tank after overturning on a Utah freeway Saturday, causing evacuations in the area. The Utah Highway Patrol said the double-trailer rig overturned on northbound Interstate 15 in Lehi and that the freeway was […]
EPHRAIM, Utah- Snow College freshman Lydia Montague has been named the Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Week after helping lead the No. 11 Badgers to a 9-1 start to the season. Montague currently ranks 13th in the nation with 100 kills on the season, averaging 2.68 kills per set. […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — Utah authorities say a 21-year-old man is accused of anonymously calling a Lehi business to leave a voicemail with a threat against an event involving children. Police on Wednesday arrested Colton Cox of Draper on suspicion of making a threat of terrorism. Online court records don’t […]
