SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who broke into the West Valley City home of a then 99-year-old grandmother last year has been sentenced five years to life in prison for aggravated burglary and other crimes. The Deseret News reports a judge sentenced 19-year-old Freddy Velasquez on Tuesday. Police have […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah youth psychiatric residential treatment center will close its doors after reports of sexual abuse and violence. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Red Rock Canyon School’s parent company said Tuesday the facility will close within 60 days. Sequel Youth and Family Services says they’re […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Researchers from Utah State University are inviting residents to contribute to a project studying insects. The Herald Journal reports researchers from the university’s biology department and ecology center are asking the public to take photos of insects on alfalfa plants and upload them online so they may study […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday on a sexual abuse charge for the second time in as many weeks. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Sterling […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four famous paintings will be showcased in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts beginning this fall. The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced Monday that Utah is one of five states in the West selected to host works from American painter Georgia O’Keeffe and others as […]
BOSTON (AP) — Civil rights activists complained Monday of the potential for widespread abuse following confirmation that at least three states have scanned millions of driver’s license photos on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement without the drivers’ knowledge or consent. Public records obtained by the Georgetown Law Center on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Nephi man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose naked body was found on a hillside in western Utah. The Deseret News reports that 43-year-old Cody Alexander Young was charged Monday at a court in Juab County with manslaughter, a second-degree felony and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is planning to expand the state’s remote-working program in hopes of reducing emissions and saving office space. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said Monday that more than 2,500 state employees could eventually become authorized to work from home. Utah recently ran a teleworking pilot program […]
ELY, Nev. (AP) — Federal officials say they plan to begin rounding up as many as 800 wild horses from vast range in eastern Nevada to reduce what land managers call damaging overpopulation. The Bureau of Land Management says the operation is scheduled to begin Tuesday in a public land study area […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A former Utah high school dance teacher convicted of dealing drugs and having sex with juveniles is seeking parole. The Deseret News reports 30-year-old Sarah Lindsay Lewis was a dance and social studies teacher at Landmark High School in Spanish Fork before she was convicted in 2017 of […]
