ICYMI: 10 stories from the weekend

ICYMI: 10 stories from the weekend

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SALT LAKE CITY — Here are 10 local stories you may have missed this weekend. As always, click on the headline to read the full story.

Utah's first female governor dies Saturday

Olene Walker, the only woman to serve as Utah's governor, died Saturday due to natural causes. She was 85.

Friends and colleagues remembered the former governor, who served from Nov. 5, 2003 to Jan. 3, 2005, as approachable and kind and possessed of limitless energy, despite assuming the office of governor in her mid-70s — the oldest governor in the nation at the time.

Gasoline tanker driver dies of burns 1 year later

A man who suffered severe burns after the gasoline tanker he was driving crashed and exploded has died.

Colorado resident Leslie Shelton, 28, was transporting about 8,500 gallons of gasoline on Nov. 28, 2014, when he crashed.

LDS Church releases Christmas videos

Two new Christmas videos became available Sunday for LDS Church members, missionaries and everyone else. It is an international social media effort titled, "A Savior is Born."

The images are beautiful and compelling as children around the world share the good news — a Savior is born. They speak in the Holy Land of the true meaning of Christmas using the words of Handel's "Messiah" and Old Testament scriptures in this year's Christmas video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Tanker crash sends oil into Provo River as snow and ice create hazards

More than 200 accidents were reported along the Wasatch Front Saturday, including an oil tanker crash that closed Provo Canyon and sent oil into the Provo River.

No fatalities were reported as of Saturday evening, but UDOT spokesman John Gleason said a double oil tanker crashed on U.S. 189 near Vivian Park in Provo Canyon and shut down traffic in both directions since 10 a.m.

High school counselor by day is a duct tape artist by night

For Chad Farnes, a counselor at Taylorsville High School, possibilities are everything. Helping students chart a course is his passion.

"I like working with teenagers," Farnes said. "They're right at that cusp of adulthood."

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Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Mangum passes BYU past Utah State 51-28

Tanner Mangum threw four touchdown passes and BYU beat Utah State 51-28 on Saturday.

Mangum was 16 of 30 for 284 yards and became the first BYU freshman to pass for over 3,000 yards in a season. Mitch Mathews had 158 yards receiving and two scores, including a 72-yarder for his longest career reception. He went over 2,000 career yards and tied a school season record with 11 TD catches.

Williams runs for 187 yards as Utah defeats Colorado 20-14

A regular season full of promise ended with a sloppy, unimpressive win for Utah against a struggling Colorado program. The Utes won 20-14 Saturday, but thoughts still centered on what could have been.

The win Saturday gave the Utes (9-3, 6-3) their best Pac-12 finish since joining the league in 2011, but there was still a feeling of emptiness after a 6-0 start and a No. 3 ranking just over a month ago. The six wins will tie for the most in the Pac-12 South, but Utah lost tiebreakers to both USC and UCLA.

BYU's Collinsworth sets NCAA career triple-double record after review

Kyle Collinsworth became college basketball's all-time leader in career triple-doubles with seven after the NCAA reviewed the evening's stats and awarded him one more rebound, as well as one more missed shot, Sunday morning.

Collinsworth's final stat line against the Bruins now reads 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, with both the final rebound and assist occurring in the final minute.

Jazz Rewind: Utah starts slow, finishes week strong

The week started out as a disaster for the Utah Jazz, but two impressive performances against the Clippers and Pelicans almost made us forget about that blunder against the Thunder.

Almost.

Kobe Bryant says he will retire after this season

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers has decided to retire after this season.

The 37-year-old Bryant made the announcement in a post on The Players' Tribune on Sunday. The decision was not totally unexpected, given that Bryant has said many times in recent weeks that he was considering making his 20th NBA season his last.

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