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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Investigators are reconstructing a mysterious decade from Megan Huntsman's life as they try to figure out how she concealed seven pregnancies before allegedly strangling or suffocating her newborns. Utah investigators are examining DNA from the babies to determine who the parents are, studying the bones to find out how long ago the babies died and interrogating family members and talking to neighbors in pursuit of clues about how she did it. Huntsman was arrested Sunday on six counts of murder. She is in jail on $6 million bail.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah will continue to use its Ute name and logo under a new agreement with the Ute Tribal Business Committee. In exchange, the U. will make efforts to recruit more students from the Ute Indian Tribe under a memorandum signed Tuesday by U. and tribe leaders. The university won't pay to use the name, but it will create scholarships for tribe students and bring on a tribe member as an adviser to top administrators on American Indian affairs.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When it comes to raising campaign cash, Republican Mia Love continues outpace her opponents in her bid to win the seat held by outgoing Democratic congressman Jim Matheson. The latest campaign finance reports released yesterday show Love raised $450,000 from Jan. 1 through April 6 this year. Love spent even more money during that time on campaign, using about $551,000 to pay for campaign staff, mailers and other expenses.
PLEASANT VIEW, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah high school teacher has been placed on leave after officials say she had students list slang terms for genitalia as part of a class exercise. Weber High School teacher Ashley Williams used the lesson Friday in her class titled "Adult Rolls and Financial Literacy." Ogden-Weber UniServ director Matt Ogle says Williams learned of the exercise at a conference paid for by the district. District spokesman Nate Taggart tells the Standard-Examiner a student Friday complained to administrators, who then found the pertinent words on a whiteboard.
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