The courtroom was packed with supporters of a woman who died as the Mt. Pleasant man accused of her murder was in Sixth District Court on Wednesday for a waiver of his preliminary hearing. Anthony Jeffery Christensen appeared before Judge Marvin Bagley as his attorney asked for a continuation of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – An 800-pound statue of Brigham Young and Joseph Smith has been recovered intact and unharmed after being stolen yesterday morning. Salt Lake City police tweeted last night that they had found the statue in good condition after a daylong investigation. At least four people were involved […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The son of Boston Celtics president and former BYU basketball standout Danny Ainge is running for Congress in a Utah special election for the seat of resigning U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Tanner Ainge filed paperwork Monday to run as a Republican. He tweeted Tuesday his […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A defense attorney says a plea deal is in the works for a 16-year-old girl charged with killing two people in a high-speed crash on the way to carry out a suicide pact. Defense attorney Tara Isaacson said Tuesday the deal is expected to split the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon officials say 89-year-old church president Thomas S. Monson is no longer coming to meetings at church offices regularly because of limitations related to his age. Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Tuesday in a statement that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz set up a new company in April, just a day before announcing he wouldn’t run for re-election. Chaffetz, a five-term Republican, says he doesn’t feel compelled to talk about what he may do after leaving Congress next month. But he told […]
(Cedar City, UT) – The man who set six cars on fire, including three inside a Cedar City home, could spend up to 15 years behind bars. A judge sentenced Isaac Wall to between zero and a decade and a half in prison on three aggravated arson counts in court yesterday. […]
(Las Vegas, NV) – A national restaurant association is telling tourists to avoid Utah because of its new DUI law. The American Beverage Institute is running a full-page ad in the “Las Vegas Review-Journal” today telling Nevada travelers to stay out of Utah or risk being arrested. The headline of […]
(St. George, UT) – The woman accused of abusing her 12-year-old son now faces additional charges. A judge ruled against objections from Brandy Jaynes’ lawyer in a Saint George courtroom yesterday after prosecutors filed the charges in March, according to “Saint George News.” Investigators say Jaynes kept her son in a […]
(Washington, DC) — President Trump will not likely be able to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument designation. “The Salt Lake Tribune” cites a legal study that says presidents have no authority to alter monuments established by a predecessor. Legal experts say any such action would defeat the purpose of […]
