MT. PLEASANT, Utah (AP) — A company that runs treatment centers for troubled youth is closing a second Utah facility as officials investigate claims of sexual abuse, violence and several other issues with staff at a different facility. Mt. Pleasant Academy in central Utah is one of several youth psychiatric […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — An employee of a youth psychiatric center in Utah has been accused of pulling a teenage girl’s hair and punching her. The Spectrum newspaper reported Tuesday that 38-year-old Gino Sanchez pleaded not guilty last week to a misdemeanor charge of child abuse involving physical injury. Court documents […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has announced 200 electric scooters are coming to the city this August. Kafusi tweeted Monday the city has launched a pilot program with bike sharing program Zagster to bring 200 dockless Spin scooters and 100 bikes to Provo later this year. Electric […]
ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — A Utah man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shooting an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy at a fast-food restaurant, and authorities say they are investigating whether he killed another man an hour earlier in attacks that both appear to be random. Rhett Nelson, 30, […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A 50-year-old former police detective in Mesquite, Nevada, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Utah in a teenage sex case. Court records show that Gary Erickson of Bunkerville, Nevada, avoided trial with his plea on Monday to a charge of crossing state lines to […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah man sought in an alleged sex crime involving a juvenile is dead after his car plunged into a river in a northwestern Arizona gorge. Bart Graves with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Monday that Guadalupe Guillermo Nunez intentionally exited […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A youth psychiatric center where a brawl broke out last month is at risk of losing its license as Utah state officials investigate claims of sexual abuse, violence and several other issues. Investigators say the Red Rock Canyon School in St. George must make more […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is sending state officials to check on foster children at a Utah facility following a riot during which more than 20 teenagers were injured. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Monday that one Oregon youth was injured Sunday at Red Rock Canyon School in St. George, Utah. An official says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Much of Utah can expect snowfall from a storm expected to start affecting the state late Thursday night and continue through Friday evening. A winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service for northern and central Utah says several inches of snow are possible across northern […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah-Per the official Twitter account of former Wasatch High football star, Brydger Purdy, the Wasps’ standout will receive a chance to play college football at the Division I level. Purdy, who excelled as a receiver and strong safety for the Wasps in his high school career, has been […]
