Baseball Region 8 PROVO, Utah-Tyler Martinez doubled and Cole Frazier earned the win on the mound as the Provo Bulldogs blanked Wasatch 3-0 Wednesday in Region 8 baseball action. Aidan Magoffin had 2 hits in as many at bats for the Wasps and Chandler Stocking added two more hits for Wasatch […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A man was killed when struck by a FrontRunner train as he crossed the tracks in Orem Thursday morning. Utah Transit Authority spokesman Carl Arky said the man apparently did not see or take note of the train before being struck as crossed the tracks at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to a felony terroristic threat charge after authorities said he threatening to target women in a mass shooting because he couldn’t get a girlfriend. Utah prosecutor Chad Grunander tells the Deseret News that 27-year-old Christopher W. Cleary of Denver was in court […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A former Utah city mayor has been named the executive director of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. The Daily Herald reports that former Orem Mayor Jim Evans will take over the private, nonprofit foundation in northern Utah that organizes educational programs and annual community events. The newspaper reports […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wind and snow from a late winter storm created hazardous driving conditions in the Salt Lake City region during the Wednesday morning commute. Traffic between the state’s most populous city and Provo was slowed to a reported average speed of 20 mph (32 kph). The […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A towering steel spiral structure that sits in front of the new state courthouse in Provo is the work of an Arizona artist who says he wanted a light and airy piece of art to contrast the courthouse. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that sculptor Lyle London […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 29-year-old Provo man who strangled his father and then stuffed the body in a home freezer has been sentenced to at least six years and up to life in prison. Omar Carmona was sentenced Tuesday after previously pleading guilty but mentally ill to manslaughter and […]
SPRINGVILLE, Utah-Saturday, Wasatch High School’s boys and girls’ swimming teams each took the Region 8 title at the region championship meet at Springville High School. The girls netted 531 points to best the host-Red Devils, who posted 304 points. Maple Mountain was third with 296 points and Skyridge finished fourth […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man is under arrest in Utah after police say he posted on Facebook about “killing as many girls as I see” the same weekend that Women’s Marches were held around the country. Jail documents filed by police in the city of Provo say 27-year-old […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Northwestern converted three Utah turnovers into 21 points in a dizzying nine-minute stretch in the pouring rain in the third quarter of the Holiday Bowl on Monday night, including Jared McGee’s 82-yard fumble return for a touchdown, to stun the No. 20 Utes 31-20 Monday night. […]
