ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah teenager accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at school after looking at Islamic State propaganda online will stand trial as an adult on two felony counts, a judge decided Thursday. Authorities have said 16-year-old Martin R. Farnsworth wanted to […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge is considering whether a teenager accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at a high school after looking at Islamic State propaganda should stand trial as an adult. Defense attorneys argued Monday the 16-year-old has been bullied and suffers […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A judge has ordered a Utah teenager to stand trial on charges accusing him of trying to blow up a homemade bomb in his backpack at a high school in St. George. A hearing is scheduled next week to determine whether the 16-year-old who police […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildfires burning in Utah have destroyed at least three homes and are threatening about a dozen others. The homes were destroyed Wednesday by the Fruitland Shed fire burning in Duchense County southeast of Salt Lake City. That 20-acre (8-hectare) fire is estimated to be 75 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a suspect has been arrested in the death of a St. George woman last week. St. George police say 28-year-old Kevin Ray Mcatlin was taken into custody Saturday in the Moab area on suspicion of murder. They say 33-year-old Elizabeth Carter was found […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a rock climber died after falling 60 feet in a remote spot in southern Utah. Washington County Sheriff’s Lt. David Crouse said in a news release Thursday that 63-year-old Fiorenzo Marino Antognini fell on Monday while climbing near the small town of Motoqua. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state audit of a southwestern Utah county’s sheriff’s office has uncovered poor oversight and occasional misuse of government equipment. The auditor’s report released on Tuesday said that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office kept poor records about $124,000 in donated funds and didn’t have proper […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Hurricane woman has been sentenced to prison for her part in the kidnapping and killing of a southern Utah man. The Spectrum reports prosecutors say Tammy Freeman was a co-conspirator in a plot to “get rid” of David Heisler of Santa Clara after he gained custody […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Southern Utah officials are proposing a land swap deal with the federal government in order to build a highway through the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. The Spectrum reports Washington County officials are drafting federal legislation with members of Utah’s congressional delegation to swap land needed for the […]
