PROVO - The way Joseph Brierley sees it, one Utah County commissioner got toppled in a primary, so why can't another fall in next month's general election? Well, for starters, Gary Anderson upended Jerry Grover in a Republican runoff. And Brierley is a Democrat trying to oust Republican incumbent Steve White in the reddest of Utah's red counties. Despite the seemingly long odds,
Construction site foreman killed by falling beam A Duchesne County man died Wednesday when a steel beam landed on him. Tony L. Casper, 30, of Tabiona, died immediately, said Duchesne County sheriff's Detective Mark Heath. Casper was foreman on the construction of a private airplane hanger on the Bandana Ranch. A large forklift using a nylon strap was holding a steel beam,
PAROLE DATE SET -- The 27-year-old man found guilty of murdering an Orem man more than 10 years ago will be released from prison in six years. Beau Heaps, who police say instigated the murder of 38-year-old John Freitag on Aug. 25, 1996, will be released from the Utah State Prison on Aug.
With his hands and feet strapped in a leather swing hanging from the ceiling of a Provo home, the 14-year-old boy kept saying he wanted to leave. But that didn't happen until after 48-year-old Brad Gale sexually abused the boy as another man watched, according to documents filed this week in 4th District Court.
