Good morning! Here’s your forecast: ⛅ 16 – 29° in Logan | ❄️ 10% chance ⛅ 24 – 23° in Salt Lake City | ❄️ 10% chance ⛅ 29 – 42° in St. George | 💧 20% chance Let’s get right into your favorite articles from last week: ——— 🎵 From the Archives — The Rev. Amos Brown quotes ‘Come, Come, Ye Saints’ and what it symbolizes for the NAACP: Rev. Brown spoke at the 110th annual NAACP convention about the “incredible similarities” between the NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 🎬 In 2022, we watched real suffering and called it entertainment: How ethical are these fictionalized true-crime stories that depict real people’s suffering? 🤠 History of Orderville: The town where the Saints practiced consecration: The obscure Utah town established by Brigham Young in 1875. 🎤 ‘It was just shock and disbelief’: After 15 years, BYU grad makes it on ‘Jeopardy!’ A BYU grad (who was there at the same time as Ken Jennings) made it onto “Jeopardy!” ——— 💔 Also, two more serious stories caught your eye this week. - Seven caskets in southern Utah: Murdered Enoch family laid to rest as community mourns (Deseret News)
- Police report from slain Enoch family details allegations of abuse, controlling behavior (Deseret News)
——— By the way: Over the next month and a half, this newsletter will be heavy on stories from the 2023 Legislative session. Any story having to do with it will have a bee emoji. 🐝 Also on our minds: Legislators might “swipe left” on this bill, Trader Joe’s is the place to go for eggs and we’d all be much happier knowing 10% less about Prince Harry. |