RENO, Nev. (AP) — Jan Bennett learned a lot of lessons on her solo bicycle ride across the entire 2,220-mile (3,572-kilometer) Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. She already had endured food poisoning, hail and near misses with tornado weather by the time she made it […]
Heber City Police Chief Dave Booth reports the destruction was caused by a traffic accident Saturday morning. If anyone has additional information regarding the destruction of the antique covered wagon that sits on the front lawn of the Heber Valley Chamber and Visitor Center. Please call the Heber City Police […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The CEO of a Utah-based tech company has been reported missing during a business trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. Family members say Erin Valenti, head of Tinker Ventures, was last seen in Palo Alto Monday. Her husband Harrison Weinstein wrote on Facebook that […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An Uber passenger in Utah is facing charges after police say he used the ride-hailing service to transport nearly 11 pounds of methamphetamine. The Provo Daily Herald reports Edgar Esteban Ramos Valdez was arrested Friday following a confrontation with a Provo, Utah, officer who spotted the Uber passenger […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah high school’s new child-care program is helping young parents finish their education and spend more time with their children. The Standard-Examiner reports several young mothers are the first to access the re-vamped child care program at Two Rivers High School in Ogden, which opened at the […]
MAPLETON, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah say three unidentified passersby acted quickly to save a driver who crashed her car and became trapped inside the burning vehicle. The Daily Herald in Provo reported the crash was next to convenience store in suburban Mapleton. Mapleton Police Chief John Jackson says the trio […]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge ruled Friday that the court will decide individual outcomes to 19 statewide adoption cases against an Arizona elected official accused of human trafficking. Paul Petersen, a Republican county assessor in Arizona, was arrested Tuesday for running what authorities call a human smuggling scheme. […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A state records committee has ruled that Utah Valley University Police can no longer charge student reporters for incident reports. The Daily Herald reports the committee unanimously voted Thursday in favor of making the incident reports free to UVU student journalists. Police used to provide the documents […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona elected official facing human smuggling charges over an adoption scheme is in federal custody. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Phoenix said Friday that County Assessor Paul Petersen was no longer in their jail. It was not immediately known where he was transferred. Petersen is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has announced sites and dates for three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, to be held just weeks before Election Day in 2020. The presidential debates are set for Sept. 29 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana; Oct. […]
