OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A former attorney for a Utah death-row inmate has testified that lawyers for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had asked him to call fewer church members to testify in his client’s 2015 trial. The Standard-Examiner reports attorney Michael Bouwhuis told an Ogden court Tuesday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State bars have dismissed complaints by an Arizona prosecutor who claimed a lawyer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had given legal advice in states where he wasn’t licensed. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Friday that the State Bar of Arizona determined “no probable […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon President Russell M. Nelson is scheduled to deliver a devotional speech to 68,000 Mormons Sunday near Phoenix at the stadium where the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals play. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says in a news release that Nelson will speak about […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a fire that heavily damaged a new building for the St. George East Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was intentionally set. St. George Fire Department officials say the blaze started about 1 a.m. Saturday and burned quickly through […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The Mormon church says its temple in St. George, Utah, will close Nov. 4 for a major renovation expected to take several years. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ announcement Friday of the closing date says the previously announced project will include structural, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New figures show fewer than half of the residents in Utah’s Salt Lake County belong to the Mormon church, a significant milestone that illustrates how the state’s largest county is becoming more religiously diverse. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that numbers from The Church of Jesus Christ […]
