Prep football: Lehi’s Cammon Cooper throws 6 TD passes in victory over Highland
There’s a reason why Washington State coach Mike Leach recruited Lehi Pioneers quarterback Cammon Cooper.Cooper offered more proof Friday at Highland.Like when he dropped back to pass and targeted his...
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Sandy • Jordan quarterback Crew Wakley delivered a highlight-reel performance that will rank among the best around this season, but it wasn’t quite enough Friday night.The senior quarterback accounted...
View ArticlePrep football: Viewmont gets defensive in win over Woods Cross
Bountiful • Defense always plays a part in the outcome of a football game.And boy did the Viewmont defense ever come ready to play Friday night in a Region 5 contest with Woods Cross.The Vikings...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Tanner Mangum’s return can’t stop BYU’s losing streak
Provo • Almost one month after he last took the field at LaVell Edwards Stadium, BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum started Friday night’s game wonderfully.Two years after producing a dramatic victory over...
View ArticlePrep football: Porter Hollingshead, Beaver hand Grand County first loss
Beaver • Grand County came in on a seven-game winning streak and just two wins away from tying its best start in program history (9-0) set in 1974.However, Beaver, the two-time defending Class 2A state...
View ArticlePrep football: Week 8 scores
ThursdayWeber 28, Fremont 20Pine View 42, Desert Hills 14Snow Canyon 7, Canyon View 0Provo 38, Timpanogos 34Dixie 42, Hurricane 7FridayLayton Christian 32, Altamont 8Corner Canyon 64, Cottonwood...
View ArticleTurner's record 5 RBIs drive Dodgers to 9-5 win over D-backs
Los Angeles • Clayton Kershaw still hasn’t figured out how to dominate in October. This time, he couldn’t even keep the ball in the yard.Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers made sure it hardly...
View ArticleFat Jack’s Frenchy Burger is gourmet in every sense of the word
This is a gourmet burger in every sense of the word: quality beef, cooked to order and topped with brie, ham and caramelized mushrooms. Arugula, tomato and red onion balanced the richness of the...
View ArticleDante Exum will miss significant time, maybe the season, so Jazz must find...
The Utah Jazz hoped to earn a playoff berth for the second consecutive season in the rugged Western Conference by utilizing a deep and athletic roster.That depth has suffered a major blow.As first...
View ArticleLetter: Questions police officers should ask themselves
Many years ago, in 1956, as a young police officer I joined the Salt Lake City Police Department. Back then the training was not too extensive and fairly basic. My group was introduced to a lieutenant...
View ArticleLetter: If Pat Bagley likes Korea so much, he should move there
Hey, if Pat Bagley likes Korea so much, maybe he should emigrate to North Korea. Probably no gun violence there and no gun ownership, either. Should be a wonderful place for a liberal to live....
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U. Study: Olympic athletes in Rio dodged Zika, but not West Nile and other...
There were no confirmed Zika infections among athletes or visitors in Brazil during the 2016 Summer Olympics, but a new University of Utah Health study has found that many U.S. athletes and staff came...
View ArticlePolice: Car crash in London is traffic accident, not terror
London • A car crash that injured 11 people Saturday outside London’s popular Natural History Museum was a traffic accident, not a terrorist attack, London police said.The accident had sparked fears of...
View ArticleLetter: Keep the deal with Iran
Donald Trump is driving us closer to another costly war in the Middle East.In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly this week, Trump hinted that he’s likely to pull the United States out of the Iran...
View ArticleU.S. Gulf Coast races to ready for fast-moving Hurricane Nate
New Orleans • Gulf Coast residents scrambled to finalize storm preparations as Hurricane Nate raced swiftly over the central Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, gaining added strength as forecasters said it...
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Groups outraged over Utah fatal police shooting captured on camera
Anti-police brutality groups in Utah are livid after a prosecutor this week determined police were legally justified in a fatal shooting of a black man in August that was captured on body camera video...
View ArticleGolf vs. development debate returns to South Jordan on a different course
South Jordan city once again finds itself in a battle over golf — only this time the city’s goal could be preserving a golf course, instead of developing it.The council recently approved a resolution...
View ArticleLetter: The weather has cycles and patterns
I find it so entertaining that every time we experience a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Irma, all the climate change disciples start ranting and raving that more reporters are not...
View ArticleCheck out one of Utah’s three national wildlife refuges for a week of special...
Utah’s three national wildlife refuges will be celebrating Refuge Week that begins Sunday and runs through Oct. 14.Bear River near Brigham City, Fish Springs in western Utah, and Ouray in eastern Utah...
View ArticleLetter: People have the wrong idea about Social Security
This is in response to David Spackman’s recent letter. Mr. Spackman, I am a senior citizen collecting both Medicare and Social Security and maybe you don’t understand how it works but, it is not an...
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