ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Municipal officials in Utah say they want to reevaluate an ordinance that allowed banners for a gay pride festival to be hung from city light posts. The Spectrum reported banners in St. George for the Pride of Southern Utah festival Saturday have caused a discussion […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah Legislative audit has determined Washington County is expected to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to build and operate a proposed water pipeline. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that the state concluded the audit Tuesday saying the proposed Lake Powell pipeline would […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A 50-year-old former police detective in Mesquite, Nevada, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Utah IN A teenage sex case. Court records show that Gary Erickson of Bunkerville, Nevada, avoided trial with his plea on Monday to a charge of crossing state lines to […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say a brother and sister who shared an apartment in southern Utah have been found dead along with a pet dog in an apparent murder-suicide. The Spectrum newspaper reported Wednesday the bodies of 67-year-old Shandra Lee Brownstein and 68-year-old Stanley Thomas McCausland were found in their […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say five people have been hospitalized after a fight broke out at a Utah youth psychiatric center that took officers from several police agencies about an hour to bring under control. Authorities say another 20 people were treated for minor injuries in the melee […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Utah media are reporting multiple injuries and at least one person in custody after what appears to be a riot at a residential center for adolescents. The KSL and KMYU TV stations report that several police agencies responded to reports of a fight that broke […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenager who authorities accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at a southern Utah high school after watching Islamic State propaganda been sentenced to four years of probation. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that that the 17-year-old boy was […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah airport serving more than 200,000 commercial passengers a year will close for four months to let crews rip up and rebuild a runway undermined by unstable blue clay. St. George Regional Airport manager Rich Stehmeier tells The Spectrum the closure is scheduled May 29 […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A psychologist says a Utah teenager accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb after looking at Islamic State propaganda online has a long history of being bullied. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that clinical psychologist Tim Kockler testified in the […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah teenager told police he tried to blow up a homemade explosive device in his backpack at school because he’d been looking at Islamic State propaganda and wanted to cause fear. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports prosecutors showed video Monday of the […]
