The NFL playoffs are here! And it will be a showcase of young quarterbacks. Six of the 12 starting quarterbacks will be making their playoff debuts. One of those might be Utah's Tyler Huntley, depending on his injury status. Most of those young quarterbacks come from the AFC. I saw that Patrick Mahomes will be the oldest starting quarterback representing the AFC in the playoffs this year.
While we'll see a lot of young quarterbacks this weekend, we'll also see Tom Brady of course. Whether you love him or hate him, Steve Young is pleased with Tom Brady still playing after all these years.
Seven caskets in southern Utah: Murdered Enoch family laid to rest as community mourns
On Friday, almost 850 people gathered at a chapel belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in La Verkin for the funeral of Tausha Haight, her five children and her mother Gail Earl.
Those in attendance filled the chapel, gymnasium and three overflow rooms.
Elder Kevin Pearson, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke at the service.
“My heart goes out to you people in this community whose hearts have also been broken and worlds rocked by the possibility of this kind of trauma,” he said.
Michael Haight, who shot his wife Tausha, his children and mother-in-law, will have a private funeral, according to his obituary, and was not mentioned during the service.
Gov. Spencer Cox has his sights set on a new priority, he told Deseret News: lowering housing costs. Cox is asking Utah legislators for $150 million to fund housing initiatives.
The governor has voiced his support for policy changes that make “cheaper and more available.”
“Government plays a big role in that piece, in that we tend to make it harder. Every regulation that we put on building housing adds to the cost of housing,” he said.
While some critics believe the state could become too developer friendly, Cox says development is the only way to reduce housing prices.
“I ask people that say that, ‘Then you come and tell me how to reduce the price of housing,’ because the only way anybody has been able to tell me is we have to increase supply,” Cox said. “I don’t know how you increase supply without making it easier for development to happen.”
Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Can fewer Democrats still be effective? What forces influence lawmakers? Your legislative questions, answered (Deseret News)
Fans of social media star and LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne in attendance at the school's gymnastics meet at the University of Utah have caused LSU to implement new security measures.
After the meet ended, a large group of young men waited for Dunne to get on the team's bus. A video shows the young men shouting, “We want Livvy! Give us Livvy!”
“We will have security detail with us now when we go on the road and we will be working to create a perimeter around where we get on the bus, where we load,” LSU coach Jay Clark told ESPN.
BYU Cougars: In the wild NIL marketplace, who makes sure promises are kept? (Deseret News)
Utah Jazz: What are the most points the Jazz have ever scored in a game? (Deseret News)
Utah Utes: The reason behind No. 10 Utah women’s basketball’s ‘Utes Beyond the Paint’ program (Deseret News)
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