(Salt Lake City, UT) — The body of Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser was accompanied by an organized vehicle escort back to his home city from the state medical examiner’s office in Taylorsville on Monday. Officers from Lone Peak, Spanish Fork, Payson, Provo, the sheriff’s office and two universities were […]
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 […]
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — Conflict is mounting in Utah County between cherry farmers and gravel quarries. Orchard owners say the quarries are creating dust that damages their trees by coating the leaves in dust and allowing bugs to proliferate. The Salt Lake Tribune reports orchards are located where elevation, soils […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested three more people who are thought to have been involved in an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Daily Herald in Provo reported Tuesday that 19-year-old Nathan Thomas, of Nephi, and two juveniles were […]
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV-TV) — Police in Utah say a man has turned himself in amid reports that authorities were searching for a driver who fled after striking a 9-year-old boy walking on a sidewalk in Payson. The boy was taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon in serious condition. A […]
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV-TV) — Police in Utah are searching for a driver who fled after striking a 9-year-old boy who was walking on a sidewalk in Payson. The boy was taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon in serious condition. A photograph of the boy published by the television station […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a possible hate crime. Two men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault, and charging documents show hate crime is under consideration. The documents show […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Police say a Wyoming native has died in a horse-riding accident in Utah. Authorities say 35-year-old Shauna Ann Martin was riding at a ranch near Payson when she either fell or was bucked off Wednesday evening. The Daily Herald reports Martin’s head struck a pole, causing […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Two small Utah cities tested an alternative method of voting that allows people to rank candidates from first to last during the recent municipal elections. The Daily Herald reports six cities had planned to test the ranked-choice voting system, but four backed out over concerns about […]
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — It’s a cool, fall afternoon, and 87-year-old Payson resident, Ron Jensen, sits at his kitchen table inside a nearly 50-year-old home he designed and built himself. His wife of 60 years, Gerry Jensen, sits at the kitchen counter and looks on as her husband talks about […]
