Piute County, UT

ST. GEORGE — Piute High School cemented its legacy as a four-time state champion after rallying to beat Panguitch 4-3 in a thrilling 1A baseball state championship game Monday at Snow Canyon High School. “That’s the best game we’ve had in a state championship in a long time,” Piute coach...

PIUTE COUNTY, Utah, Sept. 4, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — A reward is being offered for information after nine sheep were shot to death in Piute County. Between the hours of 8 p.m. Aug. 28 and 9 a.m. on Aug. 29, a person or persons went to a farm located south of Junction, near the cemetery, and “purposely shot and killed three head of sheep,” said a news release from the Piute County Sheriff’s Office.

JUNCTION, Utah (KUTV) — Police are seeking any information following the discovery of nine sheep shot and killed at a Piute County farm. The Piute County Sheriff's Office said someone went to the farm of Rick Dalton and Jacque Liddiard between the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. and "purposely shot and killed" three sheep.

PIUTE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) – The Piute County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a couple of incidents where sheep were reportedly purposely shot and killed. Deputies say between the hours of 8:00pm on August 28th and 9:00am on August 29th, someone went to the farm of Rick Dalton and Jacque Liddiard and shot and killed three head of sheep. The farm is located South of Junction.

In a post to their Facebook page on Sept. 2, the Piute County Sheriff’s Office shared that between two occasions nine sheep were shot and killed on a farm South of Junction. They shared that three were killed between Aug. 28 at 8:00 p.m. and Aug. 29 at 9:00 a.m. The other six were killed between Sept. 1 at 8:00 p.m. and Sept. 2 at 8: 43 a.m.

I can’t get the image out of my mind of a Piute County commissioner comparing former Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to Hitler. That was in June. If you remember, Herbert had just approved requests from leaders in Summit and Salt Lake counties to impose mask mandates in public. Piute County, meanwhile, was on “green” status, the least restrictive. Nobody was required to wear a mask there; it was only suggested.