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Utah School Changes Course, Says It Won’t Allow Parents To Opt Students Out Of Black History Month Curriculum

Utah School Changes Course, Says It Won’t Allow Parents To Opt Students Out Of Black History Month Curriculum

A Utah charter school that sparked national controversy when it decided to allow parents to opt their children out of the Black History Month curriculum has now changed course. As The Hill reported, the Maria Montessori Academy faced sharp criticism when it posted a notice stating that students did not have to take part in […]

3y ago

Police Believe Woman May Have Staged Her 12-Day Disappearance In Zion National Park For GoFundMe Money

Police Believe Woman May Have Staged Her 12-Day Disappearance In Zion National Park For GoFundMe Money

Utah authorities have announced that they are investigating whether 38-year-old Holly Courtier faked her disappearance in Zion National State Park as scheme to raise money on the popular charitable website GoFundMe. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, police received “numerous tips” that the ordeal was staged to grab headlines and earn sympathy. “Numerous tips have […]

4y ago

Utah Wildfire Started By Scofflaws Launching Fireworks, Evacuations Ordered

Utah Wildfire Started By Scofflaws Launching Fireworks, Evacuations Ordered

Scofflaws setting off backyard fireworks have started a wildfire that is burning near the city of Lehi, Utah, forcing some residents to evacuate, KUTV reported. Just before midnight Saturday night, an individual allegedly launched consumer-grade fireworks illegally. Unfortunately, the grass was already dry, and when embers landed on the ground, the grass caught on fire. […]

4y ago

Scott Senjo, Professor Who Resigned Following ‘Abhorrent’ Tweets About Anti-Police Protests, Wants Job Back

Scott Senjo, Professor Who Resigned Following ‘Abhorrent’ Tweets About Anti-Police Protests, Wants Job Back

Scott Senjo, a Utah professor who resigned following multiple tweets about police protests, is now asking for his old job back, Salt Lake City’s KUTV reported. Senjo had been a professor of criminology at Ogden’s Weber State University. However, his career with the institution came to an end in the wake of the George Floyd […]

4y ago

Utah’s Morgan Scalley Suspended Over Text Using A Racial Slur

Utah’s Morgan Scalley Suspended Over Text Using A Racial Slur

The University of Utah football team’s defensive coordinator, Morgan Scalley, was suspended with pay on Friday after the school became aware of a text he sent that contained a racial epithet. The Athletic‘s Chris Kamrani posted Utah’s official release on Twitter, adding statements from the team’s head coach, Kyle Whittingham, and Scalley himself. Utah athletic […]

4y ago

Utah Police Pull Over ‘Very Underage’ Driver – A Five-Year-Old Boy Driving To California To Buy A Lamborghini

Utah Police Pull Over ‘Very Underage’ Driver – A Five-Year-Old Boy Driving To California To Buy A Lamborghini

A Utah state trooper made a shocking discovery when he pulled over a vehicle that appeared to be driving erratically: a 5-year-old boy behind the wheel. As HuffPost reports, the young man claimed that he was on his way to California to purchase a Lamborghini. On Monday, Trooper Rick Morgan was working his beat when […]

4y ago

Nebraska’s Quarterback Board Said To Get A Shakeup After Losing Out On Peter Costelli

Nebraska’s Quarterback Board Said To Get A Shakeup After Losing Out On Peter Costelli

The Nebraska football team got some bad news on Saturday. One of the Huskers’ top targets at the quarterback position from the 2021 class committed to Utah. Peter Costelli announced on his official Twitter account that he chose the Utes. Now, recruiting analysts believe that the Cornhuskers are going to need to shake up their […]

4y ago

5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Utah, Leaving At Least 45K People Without Power

5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Utah, Leaving At Least 45K People Without Power

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has struck just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving tens of thousands of people without power, CNN reports. The earthquake, which couldn’t have come at a worse time for the metropolitan area of about 1 million people, struck as the city, like so many other American cities, is trying valiantly to […]

4y ago

Utah Man Released Rodents In Hotel Rooms In Bid To Get Free Stays, Police Say

Utah Man Released Rodents In Hotel Rooms In Bid To Get Free Stays, Police Say

A Utah man could be looking at time behind bars after he allegedly released mice and other rodents in various hotel rooms, then alerted staff, hoping they could compensate him with a free stay. As the New York Post reported, 37-year-old Ryan State is accused of taking the rodents to three different hotels in Utah […]

4y ago

The Mormon Church Is Accused Of Hiding $100 Billion In Assets, According To Whistleblower

The Mormon Church Is Accused Of Hiding $100 Billion In Assets, According To Whistleblower

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a religion more popularly known as the Mormon Church, has been accused of hiding over $100 billion in assets, according to The Wall Street Journal. In fact, news of the billions owned by the church only became public knowledge after a whistleblower accused the organization of improperly […]

4y ago

A Restaurant Owner Allegedly Put Out A Smoker’s Cigarette With A Fire Extinguisher, May Face Assault Charges

A Restaurant Owner Allegedly Put Out A Smoker’s Cigarette With A Fire Extinguisher, May Face Assault Charges

A Salt Lake City restaurant owner was caught on video allegedly putting out a smoker’s cigarette with a fire extinguisher, KUTV reports. The owner has since given up ownership of his restaurants and may yet face criminal charges. What transpired between business owner Alex Jamison and smoker Jon Bird is largely a matter of whom […]

5y ago

Bryce Canyon Tour Bus Crash Leaves 4 Dead & Multiple Injured

Bryce Canyon Tour Bus Crash Leaves 4 Dead & Multiple Injured

On Friday, a tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon left four people dead and at least 30 people injured, according to KUTV. The extent of those injuries is unknown at this time. The bus struck a guard rail and rolled over the barrier on September 20. “Troopers are en route to a tour bus crash […]

5y ago

Utah Lawmaker Wants State To Take Another Look At Polygamy Laws, Make It A Minor Offense Like A Traffic Ticket

Utah Lawmaker Wants State To Take Another Look At Polygamy Laws, Make It A Minor Offense Like A Traffic Ticket

A Utah lawmaker wants his state’s legislature to take another look at its laws against polygamy, MSN reports. The Beehive State officially outlaws polygamy, but many people in the state still openly participate in plural marriages. Utah’s relationship with polygamy is “complicated,” says writer Andrew O’Reilly. The state was founded, settled, and to this day […]

5y ago

Missing Utah Student Mackenzie Lueck’s Friends Believe She Is Still Alive

Missing Utah Student Mackenzie Lueck’s Friends Believe She Is Still Alive

Mackenzie Lueck is a 23-year-old University of Utah nursing student who remains missing since disappearing on June 17. Lueck, originally from California, had been visiting her home state before heading back to Utah. She arrived at the airport without issue and then called for a Lyft to pick her up. She then requested to be […]

5y ago

Utah High School Football Players Suspended Indefinitely For Burning Pride Flag, Posting Video

Utah High School Football Players Suspended Indefinitely For Burning Pride Flag, Posting Video

Two Utah high school football players have been suspended indefinitely after they appeared in a video burning an LGBTQ pride flag, which was then posted on social media, Yahoo Lifestyle reports. In the video, someone can be heard laughing and saying, “All gays die.” The video was recorded last week, and then posted to Snapchat. […]

5y ago

Scott Haven Isn’t The First American This Year To Be Arrested For Threatening Members Of Congress

Scott Haven Isn’t The First American This Year To Be Arrested For Threatening Members Of Congress

A man from Utah has been arrested on federal charges alleging that he made over 2,000 phone calls to Capitol Hill in a 13-month period. Said calls reportedly included multiple threats to kill members of Congress. Per The Salt Lake Tribune, 54-year-old Scott Brian Haven has been charged with one count of interstate transmission of […]

5y ago

The Body Thought To Belong To Missing 5-Year-Old Utah Girl Elizabeth Shelley Found Hidden In The Woods

The Body Thought To Belong To Missing 5-Year-Old Utah Girl Elizabeth Shelley Found Hidden In The Woods

On Wednesday, the five-day search for missing 5-year-old Utah girl Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley came to a tragic end. A body that detectives believe belongs to the little girl was found not far from her home. It was carefully concealed by trees and brush. The devastating discovery was made after Lizzy’s uncle, 21-year-old Alex Whipple, was […]

5y ago

‘Welcome To The Beginning Of The Fascist Takeover’: Utah Judge Suspended For Anti-Trump Comments

‘Welcome To The Beginning Of The Fascist Takeover’: Utah Judge Suspended For Anti-Trump Comments

A judge in Utah was suspended for six months without pay for comments he made about President Donald Trump both online and in the courtroom, Business Insider reports. The court ruling indicates that Judge Michael Kwan made a number of comments critical of the president on social media both prior to the election and since. […]

5y ago

Beth Chapman Slammed For Supporting Petition To Save Husky That Bit A Child

Beth Chapman Slammed For Supporting Petition To Save Husky That Bit A Child

Beth Chapman, wife of famed bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman, has oftentimes used social media to update her fans regarding the status of her battle with cancer. In addition to those updates, she has also spoken openly about people she admires and causes she believes in. That’s what happened on Tuesday, when the reality television […]

5y ago

Hollywood Star Gwyneth Paltrow Sued for $3.1 Million After Skiing Accident Left Utah Doctor With Brain Damage

Hollywood Star Gwyneth Paltrow Sued for $3.1 Million After Skiing Accident Left Utah Doctor With Brain Damage

Gwyneth Paltrow is the subject of a lawsuit by a doctor from Utah who suffered severe injuries, including brain damage, after the Hollywood actress allegedly crashed into him while skiing. The incident took place in 2016 at the Park City and Deer Valley Ski Resort in Deer Valley, Utah, according to the Daily Mail. The […]

5y ago

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