Drug Court helps addicts help themselves, one step at a time
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Drug Court helps addicts help themselves, one step at a timeBy Rachel Kenley LOGAN - First District Court Judge Thomas Willmore sat in Courtroom Five Tuesday, but instead of handing out sentences he gave out advice. Willmore checked in with Cache County's Drug Court participants, just as he has done nearly ...
Weber County man pleads guilty to stealing from USU dorm
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Weber County man pleads guilty to stealing from USU dormBy Allee Evensen LOGAN - A Weber County resident accused of stealing from a Utah State University dormitory room pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and theft Dec. 5 in 1st District Court. Mitchell Schoonmaker, 20, a Farr West resident, entered a ...
‘Fix it’ ticket for headlight turns into arrest for failure to appear in court
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on ‘Fix it’ ticket for headlight turns into arrest for failure to appear in courtBy Nick Bolinder SMITHFIELD - Fidel Ayllon, 35, of West Valley City was pulled over Tuesday evening by Smithfield Police for having a non-working headlight, but ended up with a much bigger problem. The arresting officer discovered Ayllon also had a ...
Cesspools still exist in Logan; council says they can be legal
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Cesspools still exist in Logan; council says they can be legalBy Mitch Figgat LOGAN -- Sewage cesspools are still in use within city limits, the City Council learned Tuesday night. There are still properties within city limits that are not connected to the sewage system, Salt Lake City real estate agent ...
You’d better watch out — for prowlers, not Santa
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on You’d better watch out — for prowlers, not SantaBy Lindsay Nemelka LOGAN — The holiday season can be a time for burglars and prowlers, and Logan Police want to remind everyone to lock all their doors and windows, whether at home or out. Police searched for a prowler in ...
Dixie Chicks’ VH1 video is a passionate, intimate tear-jerker
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Dixie Chicks’ VH1 video is a passionate, intimate tear-jerkerBy Max Parker Dahl Emotions run high in the latest Dixie Chicks video documentary, but fans privy to the personal details that shaped what are arguably the best songs of the Chicks’ career share the band’s tears. “Arguably” because these songs are ...
Locker room search leads to arrest of Logan High student
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Locker room search leads to arrest of Logan High studentBy Allee Evensen LOGAN -- A call from Logan High School to the Logan City Police Department last week led to the arrest of one juvenile. Friday morning, the high school administration requested canine back up from the narcotics division of the ...
Richmond cemetery info will soon be available online
Monday, December 5th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Rouchelle Brockman RICHMOND -- Chris Purser hefts a bulky black binder onto her desk and begins shuffling through the yellowed pages pointing out the locations of various graves. “It’s a very primitive system,” says Purser, who is secretary of the ...
‘Tis thieving season, police say – think smart, lock up house and cars
Monday, December 5th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on ‘Tis thieving season, police say – think smart, lock up house and carsBy D. Whitney Smith LOGAN — With burglaries in the valley up from past years — Thanksgiving week alone saw nine residential and six vehicle burglaries — police are warning residents, especially those who will be leaving the area for the ...
Permit for proposed Richmond ski resort still on hold with Cache P&Z
Sunday, December 4th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Permit for proposed Richmond ski resort still on hold with Cache P&ZBy Mandy Morgan LOGAN — The Cache County Planning and Zoning Commission reached no conclusion Thursday night concerning a conditional use permit for a proposed ski resort in Richmond. Chairman J. Clair Ellis said because no official plan had been compiled and ...
Wellsville’s Christmas decorations are hand-made and ‘down to earth’
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Wellsville’s Christmas decorations are hand-made and ‘down to earth’Story & photo by Allie Jeppson WELLSVILLE – Five residents celebrate Christmas by decorating Main Street with homemade, hand-painted decorations displayed directly across from the city offices, an annual tradition in its 18th year. Becky Bates, Carolyn Cooper, Leesa Cooper, Margo ...
Love That Cookie! wins approval from Wellsville Planning & Zoning
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Love That Cookie! wins approval from Wellsville Planning & ZoningBy Mandy Morgan WELLSVILLE — A pleasing conclusion was reached for Krisanne Smith at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Wednesday, as she was granted a conditional use permit for her in-home business. Smith had requested the permit to sell cookies from ...
Nothing for kids to do in town? Richmond woman creates a solution
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nothing for kids to do in town? Richmond woman creates a solutionBy Rouchelle Brockman RICHMOND -- The teenagers in this rural city may soon have an alternative to playing video games after school, if all goes according to plan for Richmond resident Paula Gilbert. Gilbert is organizing a youth center or program that ...
JCOM’s Communicators Guild hosts students, alumni in first event
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on JCOM’s Communicators Guild hosts students, alumni in first eventBy Max Parker Dahl LOGAN—TV news anchor-turned-PR executive Amanda Butterfield spoke to students, staff and alumni Wednesday night for the premier event for the Communicators Guild, the new student association of the Journalism & Communication Department. Despite poor weather and many campus ...
Plea in abeyance lets woman avoid jail for minor in possession charge
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Lindsay Nemelka and D. Whitney Smith LOGAN — Waiving her right to counsel, a defendant facing a minor in possession charge entered a guilty plea in abeyance Tuesday morning in 1st District Court. Shaulynne Rae Leonard, 19, was sentenced to ...
Logan car burglaries almost double the number in 2010, police say
Friday, November 18th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan car burglaries almost double the number in 2010, police sayBy Rouchelle Brockman LOGAN -- A couple awoke this morning to find both their vehicles had been burglarized, two more of approximately 60 vehicle burglaries that have occurred in Logan since Oct. 1. This is nearly double the 35 reported ...
New student Communicators Guild invites JCOM alumni back to campus
Friday, November 18th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on New student Communicators Guild invites JCOM alumni back to campusBy Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN—Former KSL-TV broadcaster and 2001 USU alumna Amanda Butterfield will be on campus Nov. 30 to speak to USU JCOM students, alumni and members of the community in a reunion and networking event for the newly created Journalism ...
Paradise council decides – reluctantly – to join flood insurance program
Friday, November 18th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Paradise council decides – reluctantly – to join flood insurance programBy D. Whitney Smith PARADISE — Mayor Leland Howlett says he believes FEMA has unfairly and inaccurately mapped dozens of properties inside a flood-risk area that doesn’t exist. Residents voiced concerns at a special public hearing Nov. 16, some of them ...
City council votes to spend $300,000 on new fire truck for Wellsville
Friday, November 18th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on City council votes to spend $300,000 on new fire truck for WellsvilleBy Allie Jeppson WELLSVILLE – A new fire truck for the city has finally been chosen and approval to purchase the vehicle was given at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. The motion to purchase the truck, with a stipulation that the contract ...
Hyrum retires youth committee, puts all applicants on youth council
Friday, November 18th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Hyrum retires youth committee, puts all applicants on youth councilBy Kristi Ottley HYRUM - The city’s Youth Council will be undergoing somewhat of a makeover with changes that are going to be implemented to the current makeup of the council. Interviews for Hyrum’s Youth Council were conducted earlier in ...