FAIRVIEW—You may encounter ErmaLee Aaron at the Fairview Museum, or at the Fairview Senior Center, or at a city council meeting, or even driving down the street on her side-by-side. But wherever you bump into her, she is probably on a mission to perform some kind of service for someone. Ermalee, who is 80, is…
EPHRAIM—A former Salt Lake Tribune art critic explained his unusual art and expressed his views on how human beings are impacting the natural environment during a Snow College convocation last Thursday Sept. 15. Works by Frank McEntire, who also served as executive director of the Utah Arts Council, are presently on display at the Snow…
MANTI—More than two years after a North Sanpete High School cheerleader Sharlee Sorensen, died in a tragic car crash, cases against the two men allegedly responsible for her death are surfacing in court. One of the defendants is the victim’s brother. Sharlee, 15, was killed on July 18, 2020, when the car in which she…
MT. PLEASANT—The Mt. Pleasant City Council has overturned Mayor Mike Olsen’s firing of Councilman Lynn Beesley from his job in the Public Works Department and restored his pay and benefits. Beesley was fired in July after what Kevin Daniels, the city attorney, and Jeanne Tajada, the city recorder who also heads up human resources, described…
MT. PLEASANT— Just when Councilman Lynn Beesley’s appeal of his termination from city employment appeared to be over, the case took a new turn when a group of Mt. Pleasant citizens filed an ethics complaint with the Utah Political Subdivisions Ethics Commission, a panel based in the Utah State Auditor’s Office. In July, after a…
MORONI—Robert Hill, former Moroni City police chief who was fired in February for alleged excessive use of force in an arrest, has filed a wrongful-termination suit against Moroni City and Mayor, Paul Bailey. Hill’s lawsuit asks for reinstatement to his former position, back pay, reimbursement for lost benefits and other pecuniary losses. He is also…
SALT LAKE CITY—Gov. Spencer Cox has nominated Alex Goble, a prosecutor in the San JuanCountyAttorney’sOffice, as a juvenile court judge in the 6th District, which includes Sanpete County. Besides his work as a prosecutor, Goble is the city attorney for Monticello City in San Juan County. He spent seven years in the Utah Attorney General’s…
MANTI—Parents of two teenagers killed in an auto accident on Power Plant Road have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging Sanpete County is responsible for the deaths because it knew about an unsafe hill on the road but failed to do anything about it. The parents of Kody Wheeler and Julie Oldroyd, both of whom were…
Information is gleaned from court records, police reports and interviews with the Sanpete County Attorney’s Office. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Editor’s Note: Due to changes in how state courts provide media access to sentencing reports, the reports for June and July have been delayed. That issue is…
Appeal hearing draws one of largest crowds in memory to council chamber MT. PLEASANT—With scores of supporters waiting in the wings, the Mt. Pleasant City Council reversed the mayor last week and reinstated Jack Widdison as co-manager of the ConToy Arena. The council restored Widdison’s lost earnings as well. In early July, Mayor Michael Olsen…
WALES—The water supply in Wales is finally adequate to meet current culinary water needs, Mayor Byron Davis reported, but will there be enough for firefighters? In the July town council meeting, Davis said he wants to make sure there is enough capacity to supply the town’s fire hydrants, and that the design of the hydrant…
RICHFIELD—Friends and well-wishers joined CentraCom employees and their families on Wednesday afternoon as Eddie Cox, company president, cut the ribbon on the company’s new office in Richfield. The office, located on the south end of town, will provide a physical location where Sevier County residents can drop off cable TV and internet payments, and receive…
‘Sometimes cars come so close it feels like the wind of their passing could blow me over,’ Spring City woman says SPRING CITY—Last month on a Friday morning, Spring City resident Stephanie Griffiths’ life changed forever. Griffiths set out on a bike ride that was supposed to take her to Chester the morning of July…
FAIRVIEW—Standing next to Walker’s service station, U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens of the 4th Congressional District addressed a small turnout of constituents as part of a visit to Mt. Pleasant and its surrounding communities last Friday. Mayor Brad Welch and other Fairview officials greeted Owens, as well as representatives from businesses, as he reported on his…
FAIRVIEW— The newly approved budget for Fairview City looks to be on the conservative side, figures suggest. The Fairview City Council approved a general fund budget of $1.1 million and a budget for all city activities of $3.4 million for the fiscal year running from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. The general fund…