Prep football: Week 2 scores
ThursdaySyracuse 24, Jordan 21FridayAltamont 7, Lyman (Wyo.) 6Grantsville 42, Minico (Idaho) 28Dixie 44, Lone Peak 30Desert Hills 56, Salem Hills 10Springville 32, Spanish Fork 29Bingham 48, East...
View ArticlePrep football: Kearns gets defensive in win over West Jordan
Kearns • The Kearns defense certainly was doing something right Friday night.A West Jordan offense that scored 41 points the week before scuffled against the Cougars early and often. But it was only as...
View ArticlePrep football: Abercrombie sparks West rally past Cyprus
Magna • Soujah Gasu, the speedy tailback for the Cyprus Pirates, ripped his way through the West Panthers defense through 3 ½ quarters with several long scampers and a touchdown Friday night.However,...
View ArticlePrayers, cash will be needed to preserve beloved Utah abbey site — with its...
Plenty of prayers have been offered. Monks do that.But, ultimately, the future use of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity’s 1,800-plus acres will ride on money — lots of it.The few remaining...
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‘It is very sad’ — After 70 years, last rites loom this month for landmark...
Huntsville • Inside the chapel of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity, a 30-foot stained-glass window depicts Mary cuddling the Christ child, glowing with red, blue and white light.Sunbeams...
View ArticleHarvey rolls over Texas coast, smashes homes and businesses
Corpus Christi, Texas • Hurricane Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the...
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This Greek chorus sings doo-wop as Utah theater company gives Euripides’...
Euripides’ “Ion,” a rule-breaking Greek tragedy abounding in mistaken identities, gets a rare production in this year’s 47th annual Classical Greek Theatre Festival.With great comic irony, the play of...
View ArticleAggies' offensive line boosted by pair of position changes
Change is never easy, but it was necessary for the Utah State offensive line.Two players have made position changes to bolster the Aggies’ offensive front. Junior Roman Andrus has moved from defensive...
View ArticleKyle Whittingham: Australia trip was offered, but not a good fit for Utes
As Pac-12 Conference foe Stanford plays its season opener against Rice on Saturday night in Sydney, Australia, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham will not be watching and asking, “Why couldn’t that be...
View ArticleNRA’s video message to ‘elites’: ‘We’re coming for you’
Atlanta • The election of President Donald Trump and Republican control of Congress meant the National Rifle Association could probably rest easy that gun laws wouldn’t change for at least four years....
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Moab Music Festival marks 25 years of music among the rocks
Moab was “kind of a little ghost town,” on the brink of coming into its own as a recreation destination, when Michael Barrett happened through on his way to Santa Fe, N.M., in 1991. The pianist and...
View ArticleUtah football: Huntley finds more motivation as mother recovers from serious...
Regina Huntley has been searching frantically online.“I’ve been trying to find me a No. 1 jersey,” she said. “I’m like, ‘You guys make them or what?’”The mother of new Utah starting quarterback Tyler...
View ArticleSalt Lake City police arrest 50 in weeklong prostitution operation
Salt Lake City police say by the end of the week, they will have arrested more than 50 people in a weeklong sting targeting prostitution.Undercover officers have targeted those engaging in street...
View ArticleBYU wins an ugly opener over Portland State, 20-6
Provo • In a college football opener that was closer than almost everybody expected, BYU held off Portland State 20-6 on Saturday in front of 55,427 sun-drenched fans at LaVell Edwards Stadium.With...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Monumental error
The good thing about politics in a democracy is that, sometimes, differences can be split, compromises can be reached and mutually beneficial deals can be struck.The bad thing about politics in a...
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Utah groups helping in Texas with Hurricane Harvey
To Stan Rosenzweig, Hurricane Harvey, which has battered south Texas communities along the Gulf Coast, feels a lot like Hurricane Katrina did in 2005.“It is almost exactly that to me,” said Rosenzweig....
View Article‘Dad, Mom, I’ve been balling’: Tyler Huntley ready to embrace Utah’s starting...
He was a four-year starter and the Florida Gatorade Player of the Year. He went all over the Southeast with high school teammates and won 7-on-7 competitions, outperforming quarterbacks with multiple...
View ArticlePatricia Dark: Embarrassed to be an American abroad
It was a typically English day. Overcast sky with the hint of rain and all I wanted was a pint. But when I walked into the pub in a charming, limestone-brick cottage village in East Anglia, I suddenly...
View ArticleUtah painter who found fame and controversy for religious and political art...
Conservative Provo artist Jon McNaughton has turned his brushstrokes into brushes with fame at various points in his career — earning an endorsement from Fox News pundit Sean Hannity and satirical...
View ArticlePrep football: State rankings after Week 2
Class 6A1. Bingham (2-0) • Miners paste previous team-to-beat East 48-17. Next up: Thursday game at Herriman.2. East (1-1) • Time to regroup for Leopards, who visit Saguaro High in Scottsdale (Ariz.)...
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