Category: Utah

Utah Republicans Join Parent Protests in District That Banned Bible

Utah Republicans joined concerned parents as they rallied at Utah’s Capitol on Wednesday to protest a school district’s decision to remove the Bible from middle and elementary school libraries. The protesters held signs that read “The Bible is the original textbook” and “Remove porn, not the Bible” and expressed their outrage after the Davis School…


Michael Taube: The Bible Has Been Banned in a School District Located In… Utah?!

Commentary “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t,” Mark Twain wrote in “Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World” (1897). Here’s a recent example where fiction would have been more plausible to believe than the truth that actually unfolded. A U.S. school district…


Bible Banned From Utah School District After Parent Issues Complaint

A number of schools in a Utah district removed the King James Version of the Bible from some library bookshelves after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a committee the Good Book contained “vulgar” or “violent” content for younger children, officials said Friday. The Davis School District—a public system with…


Utah School District Bans Bible in Some Schools

A number of schools in a Utah district removed the King James Version of the Bible from some library bookshelves after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a committee the Good Book contained “vulgar” or “violent” content for younger children, officials said Friday. The Davis School District—a public system with…


Houseboats Catch Fire at Popular Destination Lake Powell on Utah-Arizona Line

More than half a dozen house boats momentarily caught fire at a popular boating destination on the Utah-Arizona line on Friday, igniting while tourists and jet skiers stood by before the flames were extinguished. The decks of boats docked at Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell smoldered as black plumes of smoke wafted into the air…


Toddler Shot by Stray Bullet at Utah Day Care While Playing Outside

SPANISH FORK, Utah—A 2-year-old boy shot in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at day care in Utah is in stable condition, the facility’s owner and authorities said Tuesday. Spanish Fork police believe the bullet came from a pellet or air gun shot from a farming field across the street west of…


Republican Launches Bid for US Senate Seat Held by Sen. Mitt Romney

A mayor in Utah on May 23 launched a bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). “Right now, Washington is broken. And every time we compromise, it costs us trillions. We have more IRS agents than border agents. And while we’re paying $4 a gallon for gas, they’re sending our…


Utah Police: Man Admits Killing Wife, Visiting In-laws, Surrenders

LAYTON, Utah.—A Utah man killed his wife and her parents and then called police Friday to report and admit to the crime, authorities said. Jeremy Bailey, 34, surrendered without incident at the family home in Layton, just north of Salt Lake City, police said. The bodies of Bailey’s wife, Anastasia Stevens, 36; Becky Stevens, 61;…


Utah Governor Apologizes for Calling Members of Congress ‘Imbeciles’ over Immigration Reform

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox apologized to Congress members on Friday for using a “derogatory” term to characterize members of Congress over the state of immigration reform in the U.S. The governor called lawmakers “imbeciles,” adding, “they should all get fired” during a news conference in response to Florida’s latest anti-immigration policies. “Just want to apologize for using a derogatory…


Utah Kids’ Book Author Accused in Husband’s Killing Changed Life Insurance Policies, Prosecutors Say

SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later arrested on accusations of killing him made changes to her husband’s life insurance years before he was fatally poisoned, according to charging documents updated Thursday. The additional allegations, which were previously mentioned in search warrants but…