Spanish Fork residents plunge into freezing river to rescue man after crash

Media companies scrap Venu sports streaming service before it even started

Associated Press  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 6:26 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Venu sports streaming service is over before it even began. ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday they were pulling the plug on Venu, which was expected to include sports offerings from all three major media companies and was announced to great fanfare last year.

Cody Williams plays one of his best games of season in Jazz loss to Suns

Ryan Miller, KSL.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 6:24 p.m.  |  Save Story

The No. 10 pick in last summer's draft scored a career-high 13 points on 5-for-10 shooting to go with two rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes.

Idaho dad builds permanent life-size snow globe to surprise his family

Brittni Johnson, EastIdahoNews.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 5:48 p.m.  |  Save Story

A local social media influencer in Idaho built a life-size snow globe as a post-holiday surprise for his family.

Avery Neff answers the call as Red Rocks stumble in quad meet that Oklahoma wins

Josh Furlong, KSL.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 5:20 p.m.  |  Save Story

Freshman Avery Neff delivered on the national stage.

Utah women start slow, but pull away for 69-42 win over Houston

Josh Furlong, KSL.com  |  Updated Jan. 11 - 4:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

The home team got the job done and finally got into a rhythm at the end of the third quarter that carried over in the fourth to pull away for a 69-42 win over the visiting Cougars.

State Board of Education votes to clear up confusion on rules for use of seclusion

Courtney Johns, KSL-TV  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 4:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

New rule changes clarify Utah's seclusion policies in the hopes of ensuring the practice is used only when absolutely necessary for student safety.

Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns from Justice Department

Brendan O'Brien, Reuters  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 3:45 p.m.  |  Save Story

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents, has resigned, as the Republican president-elect prepared to return to the White House.

TCU hands BYU basketball 3rd straight loss to stay unbeaten at home

Sean Walker, KSL.com  |  Updated Jan. 11 - 3:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

TCU scored 17 points off 16 turnovers to beat BYU 71-67 at Schollmeier Arena as the Horned Frogs snapped a 17-game losing skid against their former Mountain West rivals.

Have You Seen This? Horse-riding dog shows perfect form

Grant Olsen for KSL.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 2:48 p.m.  |  Save Story

It takes skill to ride a horse, and apparently this pup has got it in spades.

Woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man can be released from psychiatric hospital

Todd Richmond, Associated Press  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 2:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

A judge has ruled that a Wisconsin woman who stabbed her sixth grade classmate to please the horror character Slender Man can be released from a psychiatric hospital.

Southern Utah's largest resort scraps arena plan, but prepares to host LPGA and build water park

Katie Workman for KSL.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 1:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Black Desert has scrapped its idea to build an arena, for now, but construction continues for a water park and to host the LPGA Tour.

4-star LB McKay Madsen commits to BYU over Oregon, UCLA

Sean Walker, KSL.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 1:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Four-star linebacker McKay Madsen, the 6-foot-1, 230-pound two-way player from Clovis North High in Southern California, announced his commitment to the Cougars.

Study says 2 key crops are harming Great Salt Lake; state unsure on recommendations

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 12:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

A new study finds two agricultural crops are major contributors to Great Salt Lake's water woes, but the researchers behind it and state officials have different opinions when it comes to solutions.

With their Los Angeles-area homes still smoldering, families search the ruins for memories

Manuel Valdes, Julie Watson, John Seewer and Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 11:26 a.m.  |  Save Story

Some Los Angeles area residents have returned to their still-smoldering neighborhoods to search for memories even as the threat of new fires persists.

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Is the Netflix series about Brigham Young, Mountain Meadows accurate?

Tad Walch, Deseret News  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 11:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

The highly fictionalized six-part series "American Primeval" dropped Thursday. It centers around 1857 events in the Utah War.

Seasonal affective disorder more than just the 'winter blues'

Ivy Farguheson, KSL.com  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 10:47 a.m.  |  Save Story

Five percent of Americans — and an estimated 5% of Utahns — suffer from seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that must be taken seriously and viewed as depression as opposed to the "winter blues." Articles address the symptoms and treatments as well as what friends and family need to stop doing.

Report: Defense industry an economic heavyweight in Utah

Jason Swensen, Deseret News  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 10:03 a.m.  |  Save Story

At a time of relative peace and with fewer than 1% of Americans serving active duty in the military, it's easy to forget the economic impact of the defense industry — particularly in Utah.

Insurers dropped high-risk clients before latest LA wildfires. How will it impact Utah homeowners?

Art Raymond, Deseret News  |  Updated Jan. 11 - 9:31 a.m.  |  Save Story

It's too early to gauge the economic impacts of the wildfires still raging in multiple southern California communities, which had also claimed five lives as of midday Thursday, but estimates already exceed some of the biggest fire-related events in the Golden State, including the devastating 2018 Camp Fire in California's north-central Butte County which led to $12.5 billion in insured losses.

Utah County middle school gains national recognition for inclusion efforts

Shelby Lofton, KSL-TV  |  Posted Jan. 11 - 9:02 a.m.  |  Save Story

Timberline Middle School was named a Special Olympics National Unified Champion School.