This week I bought tickets to see my favorite band in concert with my best friend. They're not coming to Utah, so we get to drive down to Phoenix. Fortunately for us, we like going on road trips together, so I'm really excited about this trip. It will also be my first time back in Arizona since I graduated from high school there five years ago.
Tell me: Have you gone on any road trips with friends? If so, what are some of your favorite memories and tips from those trips?
Housing war-torn Ukraine: How a movement began in the West — then won Zelenskyy’s support
Over a year after they evacuated their home in Irpin, Ukraine, which was later bombed and burned down, the Onischuks were gifted a new home by the Utah-based nonprofit the Stirling Foundation and that wasbuilt by the nonprofit To Ukraine With Love.
Svitlana Miller, the founder of To Ukraine With Love, was in Irpin to show the family their new four-bedroom modular home. Miller grew up in Kyiv but attended Brigham Young University and has since settled in Idaho with her husband.
Miller's nonprofit builds homes for families whose homes were destroyed in western Ukraine during the war and provides food, shelter and underground transportation to help Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine evacuate Russian-occupied territories.
The Onischuks' home was one of 149,300 residential buildings, including 131,400 private homes, damaged or destroyed in Ukraine by the end of the end of 2022.
“We’re grateful that there are people who worry about us and help us,” Natalia Onischuk said in Ukrainian, translated by Miller. “Thank you for not leaving us alone in our grief.”
Jurors found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiracy, grand theft and murdering her two children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow on Friday. Vallow Daybell scowled as the judge read the unanimous verdict.
Sentencing could be three months away, according to the judge, but that news didn't dampen the spirits of Kay and Larry Woodcock, the grandparents of JJ Vallow.
"I want to personally hug every one of the jurors," Larry Woodcock said. "What they went through, what they saw, is mind boggling. I hope that nobody ever has to go through this. I hope nobody ever has to see or hear the details of what happened to JJ, to Tylee, and to Tammy."
American Fork man sexually abused child while awaiting trial for enticing a minor (KSL)
Salt Lake officers cleared in shooting of gunman who threatened firefighters (KSL)
Nearly $200K in suspected heroin found in child’s booster seat during stop on I-15 near Leeds (St. George News)
Investigation underway for death of person found in vacant Ogden restaurant (KUTV)
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Utah drops out of top 10 states for highest suicide rate, but experts remain concerned (KSL)
In the first round of qualifying for next month's 123rd U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club, five current or former BYU golfers qualified and four earned medalist honors.
“I don’t know where to look, but I’ve never heard of that happening before,” Todd Miller, BYU's director of golf, said.
Within two weeks, BYU golfers Brock Goyen, Zac Jones, Tyson Shelley and Keanu Akina and former Cougar Rhett Rasmussen all qualified. The Cougars played in the NCAA Regionals on Friday in San Jose, California.