(St. George, UT) – Alerts from social media are responsible for the arrest of three suspected of child pornography this week. Washington County deputies used information supplied by Pinterest and Google to find and arrest Nathaniel Tamplin, Brad Cahoon and Landon Culver. Investigators say Tamplin’s case is a separate incident from […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The state House approves allowing 18-to-20-year-olds to get a conceal carry firearm permit. The measure was approved in the House along strict party lines earlier this week and is now being considered in the state Senate. The bill calls for providing an 18-year-old with a provisional […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Religious groups and advocates for the poor say a plan from Republican legislative leaders to raise the sales tax on groceries would hurt low-income families and drive them further into poverty. Members of the Coalition of Religious Communities held a press conference Thursday urging legislators […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love says that though she’s opposed to abortion, she’s sponsoring a bill that would allow women to get over-the-counter birth control pills. Love told Utah lawmakers on Thursday that she feels it’s her duty to protect life but it’s not her […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have advanced a bill that would create stiffer penalties for people caught dealing drugs near homeless shelters. The bill brought by Democratic Rep. Joel Briscoe makes drug-related crimes committed within 100 feet of a government-funded shelter a felony. It would add homeless facilities […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State lawmakers have approved a plan that would leave those convicted under Utah’s bigamy law facing harsher penalties if they’re also convicted of other crimes such as domestic abuse. Members of the full House of Representatives voted Thursday in favor of the bill, despite concern […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped three counts of money laundering, bribery and evidence tampering against former Utah Attorney General John Swallow after a key witness refused to testify. Prosecutors dropped the charges Thursday before resting their influence-peddling case against Swallow, who still faces 10 counts of evidence […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating in the case of a Utah man on trial for the second time in his wife’s death. The jurors in 35-year-old Conrad Truman’s first-degree murder trial will have to decide whether he shot and killed Heidy Truman in 2012 or if […]
A new young lady was chosen to represent Fairview City at the Miss Fairview pageant held last Saturday at the Peterson Dance Hall. Kelsie Nielson, the daughter of Mike and Debbie Nielson, was crowned queen, with Ireland Rawlinson first attendant and Nicole Day second attendant. Kelsie follows in the steps […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Senate panel says Utah should repeal a state law barring the “advocacy of homosexuality” in schools, which gay rights groups are currently challenging in court. The Senate Education Committee unanimously voted Tuesday in favor of a bill cutting the word “homosexuality” from the state’s […]
