SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that concerns from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about a perceived lack of safeguards for religious beliefs in a proposed ban on so-called conversion therapy raise legitimate questions, but he thinks they can be resolved. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died while serving in central Africa. Per a Tuesday news release, 21-year-old Hermann Keredjim Mwanken died Monday after a brief illness. Church officials didn’t provide any additional details about the malady. Mwanken is […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A week after The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints came out against a ban on so-called conversion therapy in Utah, the state regulatory agency considering the proposal is refusing to release a final tally of how many of the nearly 2,500 public […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is under arrest on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Police say 61-year-old Timothy James Hallows of Kaysville is being held on suspicion of eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. He is being held […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints is opposing a proposed ban on conversion therapy in Utah, just months after it said it wouldn’t stand in the way of a similar rule under consideration. The church said in a statement posted Tuesday night that the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for an Arizona elected official charged in three states with facilitating an illegal international adoption scheme said Tuesday prosecutors have miscast his client as a human smuggler. Attorney Matt Long said Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen cares deeply for the mothers from the Marshall Islands […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The appeal hearings for a Utah death-row inmate are lasting longer than anticipated. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reported Sunday that 61-year-old Douglas Lovell was initially supposed to only have hearings in his case during the month of August. Lovell has twice been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Provo meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had to be evacuated after carbon monoxide was detected inside. Provo Fire Department officials say eight people were taken to hospitals for treatment. The Daily Herald reports that Station 22 in Provo […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — For seven years, Jennifer Barsell’s home was an old Toyota Corolla. “It was a junk piece, so bad,” she said. But nine months ago, she became one of the fortunate few in Weber County to surmount chronic homelessness. The 50-year-old former restaurant manager was allotted a […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Cans of beer have littered the parking lot of a church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sandy after a semi-trailer crashed that was carrying cases of brew banned by the faith. Sandy Police Sergeant Jason Nielsen said the semitrailer veered and […]
