ST. GEORGE, Utah: A 31-year-old Utah man has been charged with a second-degree murder with one of two assassinations in a Nevada house in April 2013. In court papers filed Jan. 31 Jeremiah Juber of Hurricane, Utah, admitted that he killed Mark Parenti, 57 with the assistance of co-defendant Ryan Wood at Wood's home in Mesquite, Nev. The sentencing of Juber will take place on April 4 in Clark … [Read more...]
Utah man may get life term for child abuse homicide
A 38-year-old Utah man was found guilty of child abuse homicide in the 2011 death case of a teenage baby sitter. The jury held Eric Millerberg guilty of killing 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen by giving her a lethal dose of drugs before having a forceful sex with her. He along with his wife, Dea Millerberg, were also held guilty of obstruction of justice and dumping Rasmussen’s body in the woods … [Read more...]
3 dead, 6 injured in Tooele County crash
STANSBURY PARK, Tooele County — A three-vehicle accident in Tooele County killed three adults and critically injured four others who were evicted on Sunday afternoon. A minivan, part of a church group of three vehicles carrying seven members was traveling from Dugway to north to Salt Lake City. In an attempt to join from the slow lane into the fast lane on state Route 36 adjacent Stansbury … [Read more...]
Cougar stoned to death, reward offered
UTAH COUNTY- As an effort of finding the suspect who stoned a cougar to death, authorities are now offering a reward. On Jan. 26 while hiking in the foothills east of Payson a man and his daughter saw people stooping near a tree. When the people saw them arriving, they fled west toward Payson canyon, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. A cougar body was found covered … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City area among top 10 U.S. regions with cheapest insurance prices
Salt Lake and Davis counties’ residents are getting a bargain on Obamacare’s online insurance marketplace in comparison to other parts of the country. The premiums in two-county region are found to be at least half the price paid by the country’s most expensive regions according to an analysis of health exchange insurance prices by Kaiser Health News and NPR. Obamacare was planned to fill up … [Read more...]
Sex abuse victim helping Utah lawmakers to make tougher law
SALT LAKE CITY — Jamie Heiner claim of being abused by her teacher and basketball coach, Stephen Niedzwiecki, 34, when she was 15 years old. “Just little by little, he began to plant little seeds. He would tell me songs to listen to with sexual undertones,” she said. Now she's aiding Utah lawmakers with legislation that would make predators in point of special trust more liable. According … [Read more...]
Utah students outshine nation on Advanced Placement tests
SALT LAKE CITY —Out of every four graduating seniors of Utah’s class of 2013 one passed an Advanced Placement exam, lifting the state nationally to a seventh place tie with New York for the percentage of students passing AP exams. The new figures were released on Tuesday by the College Board. Utah's AP success rate has upgraded from 11th place in 2012 when 22 percent of graduating seniors … [Read more...]
3 Utahns to compete for gold in same event at Olympics
SOCHI, Russia — Three Utahns will battle in the same event in Sochi Olympics. Women will partake in ski jumping post 10 years of continuous efforts to get the event integrated in the Olympics. The ski jump, which has athletes zooming down the ramp at speeds as high as 80 mph and then launching into the air at distances longer than a football field, is one of the most startling athletic … [Read more...]
Brigham Young University student trapped in avalanche dies
PROVO — Ashleigh Cox, was a 21 year old adventure lover from Colorado Springs. Friend Elizabeth Kent says, "She was always up for anything you had in mind. If it was going snowshoeing or just going for a walk or doing just absolutely anything, she was up for it." Cox who was snowshoeing with friends in an abrupt gully near the Tibble Fork Reservoir in American Fork Canyon Saturday was swept … [Read more...]
Anti-smoke Ad Left Utah Teens Wincing
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - A new ad campaign by the Food and Drug Administration left teens flinching in their seats. The ad showed teens pay for the cigarettes by pulling off their smooth skin or by pulling teeth. The advertisement focused on the basic matter of concern for a teen i.e. loss of control and their looks. “Everybody wants to look good and especially concerning your appearance you … [Read more...]
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