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Cost of missions to increase for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Cost of missions to increase for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Serving a mission with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be more expensive for many members of the faith. Church leadership sent a letter last week announcing that members will have to pay $500 a month starting in July 2020 for missions […]

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Utah State Football Adds Two Players To 2019 Roster

Utah State Football Adds Two Players To 2019 Roster

LOGAN, Utah-Friday, USU football head coach Gary Andersen announced the signing of two players to the Aggies’ 2019 roster. Josh Bowcut, a 6-5 280-pound defensive tackle out of Sherwood, Ore. and a returned Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints missionary from the Arizona Tucson Mission, signed with the Aggies […]

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Student forced to take off Navajo feathers at graduation

Student forced to take off Navajo feathers at graduation

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most of what Tasheena Savala wore to honor her Navajo heritage was covered by the billowy folds of her graduation gown. Under it, she had on a traditional velvet dress that her grandmother had sewn for her and a turquoise and silver belt of her […]

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Police: Cedar Hills Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meetinghouse vandalized

Police: Cedar Hills Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meetinghouse vandalized

CEDAR HILLS, Utah (AP) — Police had launched an investigation after a Cedar Hills meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was vandalized. The Deseret News reports American Fork Police Lt. Josh Christensen says the vandalism occurred Friday after someone got into the building and overturned or broke all […]

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BYU football player accused of DUI, status on team uncertain

BYU football player accused of DUI, status on team uncertain

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Brigham Young University football player has been charged with driving under the influence. Online court records show Neil Pau’u pleaded not guilty Wednesday to DUI and interfering with traffic signs. The 23-year-old wide receiver from Santa Ana, California, is accused of driving drunk in […]

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6 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints missionaries held at gunpoint at Utah man’s home

6 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints missionaries held at gunpoint at Utah man’s home

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping after police say he held six missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at gunpoint in his home. Charging documents say 45-year-old Paul Gutierrez Marquez invited the men over to his home […]

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eOAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 15: Quincea–era Joseline Garcia, of Oakley, poses during a photo session with photographer Javier Urbina at the Mormon Temple garden in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Quincea–era is a Latin American Catholic tradition celebrated for girls on or near their 15th birthday. Many quincea–eras come to have their photo session at the Mormon Temple garden, which has welcome them for years. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Quinceañearas flock to Oakland Temple for photos

OAKLAND, California (AP) — On any springtime Saturday, a steady stream of Catholic quinceañeras can be seen promenading along the blooming rose bushes and gushing fountains of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints temple in Oakland. It’s a favorite among the 15-year-olds, who travel from all parts of […]

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Former bishop given 4 months in sex abuse of teenage boy

Former bishop given 4 months in sex abuse of teenage boy

WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A former bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been sentenced to four months in jail after being found guilty of sexual abuse of one teenage boy and lewdness with another. The Deseret News reports that during sentencing Wednesday in the Salt Lake […]

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Correction: Medical Marijuana-Utah story

Correction: Medical Marijuana-Utah story

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a story June 5 about Utah’s medical marijuana law, The Associated Press reported erroneously some of the chronology of how and when the law came into effect. Lawmakers crafted, but did not pass, changes to the ballot measure shortly before Election Day under a […]

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New grave marker honors former slave, Utah settler

New grave marker honors former slave, Utah settler

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — The story of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints pioneers who travelled West to settle the territory that is now Utah is enshrined in monuments, museums and history books. But far fewer people know the stories of the African American slaves and pioneers who […]

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