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Provo’s growing gay pride festival surprised many fans headed to the BYU...
It’s hard to say which group of football fans was more surprised to see a gay pride festival in Provo — the visitors from Wisconsin or the BYU faithful. But a lot of people driving by the Provo Pride...
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Prep sports: This week's standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and key numbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Here are this week’s picks.Katja BradenThe Juab senior only...
View ArticleICE director decries California's 'sanctuary state' bill
Sacramento, Calif. • The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says California’s so-called “sanctuary state” bill that would limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities...
View ArticlePrep football: East QB Ben Ford yearns for another shot at Rice-Eccles
It would take many months for Ben Ford to heal from a dislocated right elbow.The East High quarterback’s injury in a Class 4A state semifinal last November kept him out of the championship game the...
View ArticleColorado sheriff: Family of 4 killed in private plane crash en route to Utah
Glenwood Springs, Colo. • Authorities say two adults and two children were killed when the private plane they were traveling in went down in Colorado.The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says the plane...
View ArticlePrep football: State rankings after Week 5
Class 6A1. Bingham (5-0) • Ryan Wood throws three touchdowns and Miners cruise to 44-14 region-opening win over Pleasant Grove.2. East (4-1) • Region 3 play for the Leopards begins with a 64-19...
View ArticlePorsche plows into spectators at Idaho car show; 8 hurt
Boise, Idaho • A Porsche plowed into a crowd of spectators at a Boise, Idaho, car show, injuring at least eight in a horrifying scene that saw bystanders scrambling to tend to the injured, authorities...
View ArticleCommentary: Homeless people are not the problem
Needless to say, the homeless situation in Salt Lake is complicated. It impacts businesses, residential areas, health care systems and has been a controversial topic of conversation within the...
View ArticleWithout much help from the victim, West Valley City police seek shooting suspect
Somebody shot a man in the stomach Saturday in West Valley City, and the victim wouldn’t tell investigators much about how it happened, a police lieutenant said.West Valley City police Lt. Jeff Conger...
View ArticleBYU football: Cougars honor Bosco, Wilson, Staley with jersey retirements
Provo • Marc Wilson and Luke Staley said their favorite moments playing at LaVell Edwards Stadium came during wins over the rival University of Utah, while Robbie Bosco’s best memory was his first home...
View ArticleCommentary: A ‘badge-heavy’ approach was obviously the wrong one in nurse...
On Sept. 1 a police body camera video was released showing the dramatic arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels by Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff L. Payne. To the casual observer, the drama of the arrest...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: State rankings for Sept. 17
Records based on best 3-of-5 matches.Class 6A1. Lone Peak (6-0) • Tasia Farmer pounds 21 kills as Knights beat Class 5A No. 1 Bountiful; LP then knocks off Bishop Gorman 3-1 in Las Vegas.2. Pleasant...
View ArticleVolunteers search Murray for signs of missing elderly man
Friends, family and other volunteers on Saturday searched the neighborhoods of Murray for an 82-year-old man who disappeared there two days earlier. But as of late Saturday, there was still no sign of...
View ArticleDavis Cup: Australia and France lead 2-1 in semifinals
Lille, France • Two-time Grand Slam champions Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (3) for France to lead Serbia 2-1 in the Davis Cup...
View ArticleMonson: BYU squished like a family of possum on a county two-lane
Provo • The number 6 was celebrated on Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium, as BYU retired Robbie Bosco’s, Marc Wilson’s and Luke Staley’s shared jersey number.But it had other connotations, too.As in:...
View ArticleUtah State run over by Wake Forest, 46-10
Winston-Salem, N.C. • Wake Forest quarterback John Wolford remembers walking off the field three years following a loss to Utah State feeling battered and bruised after getting knocked around.He felt...
View ArticleDriver dies after his truck strikes dead cow on foggy central Utah road
A Fairview man died after his pickup truck hit a dead cow early Saturday. Randall Hill, 60, died at the scene, according to Utah Highway Patrol. UHP responded to the wreck at 5:10 a.m. on U.S. Highway...
View ArticleBadgers bludgeon Cougars defense with the run and pass
Provo • In BYU’s brutal September slate, the Cougars defense could be counted on for stout play in one phase or the other.Against LSU, BYU surrendered 294 yards rushing, but held quarterback Danny...
View ArticleGehrke: Wonder what’s wrong with politicians? Maybe they’ve taken too many...
Draper • There is probably a large segment of Utahns who wished they could have been in Kelly McCleve’s shoes Saturday night, with the opportunity to sock House Speaker Greg Hughes in his eminently...
View ArticleStatistics tell Mike Petke that he has RSL on right track
Sandy • Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke still wouldn’t describe himself as a “stat guy,” but over the course of the season he’s started to turn to the numbers more often.“It really does tell certain...
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