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Remembering one of Utah’s most heinous murder cases, 50 years later
OGDEN — It’s been labeled as one of the most horrific crimes committed in recent Utah history, because of the atrocities its victims endured — all for the robbery of stereo equipment. Monday marked 50 years since the Ogden Hi-Fi murders, and one of the people who...
NBA YoungBoy’s pretrial hearing scheduled for Utah prescription fraud ring allegations
Rapper NBA YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, was arraigned Friday on allegations of leading a large-scale prescription fraud ring in Cache County. His pretrial release hearing has been set.
Utah’s reservoirs and streams in ‘impressive’ shape, state says
Utah’s streams and reservoirs are in good shape heading into the spring, with the snowpack likely seeing its peak for the season and runoff expected to bring more water down from the mountains in the coming weeks. The Utah Division of Water Resources on Thursday reported the state’s reservoirs...
Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed
Manti, Utah — Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building perched on a dusty hill just outside this small, rural town where he grew up.He blames his addiction. He started using in middle school, and by the time he was an adult he was addicted to meth and heroin. At various points, he's done time alongside his mom, his dad, his sister, and his younger brother."That's all I've known my whole life," said Clark, 31, in December.Clark was at the jail to pick up his sister, who had just...
President Nelson Rededicates Manti Utah Temple following three-year renovation
SALT LAKE CITY — President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rededicated the Manti Utah Temple in an evening session on Sunday, April 21. The prophet of the worldwide Church arrived earlier in the day in Sanpete County in central Utah, the home of his pioneer ancestors who helped settle the valley.
NBA YoungBoy orchestrated ‘large scale prescription fraud’ scheme, Utah police say
Rapper NBA YoungBoy and several of his associates orchestrated a “large scale prescription fraud ring” to illegally obtain prescription drugs from multiple Utah-area pharmacies, police allege. An affidavit filed Thursday by an officer for the Cache County Sheriff’s Office named the rapper (born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden) as a...
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