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The Big 12 Conference has fined UCF $100,000 for fans' derogatory chants aimed at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at last weekend's football game against BYU. The league also announced Wednesday it has established a conference-wide policy with "escalating consequences for discriminatory conduct" that it says "has no place in the Big 12."
A Hill Air Force Base fire crew extinguished a semi-trailer fire on I-80 near Exit 54 on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. No injuries were reported during the incident, and the roadway has since reopened.
In celebration of their contributions to the Southern Utah community, Utah Tech University inducted Tony and Shae Allen and V. Lowry Snow into its Hall of Fame this fall.
MOAB, Utah, Oct. 28, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — A young, male cougar spotted outside a Moab business on Monday was tranquilized and removed. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists were called in, and successfully tranquilized the cougar, a Utah DWR statement says.
As of Wednesday, the Park City School District hasn’t found an instructor since longtime teacher Mary Purzycki retired. And it’s not for lack of trying. Purzycki, who received the Park City Education Foundation Excellent Educator Award earlier this year, created a plan to keep the class going after she’d left.
St. George police want to double the number of license plate cameras across the city, but City Council members are raising questions about privacy and who can access the information collected by the cameras. The proposed expansion was discussed during an Oct. 22 City Council work meeting.
The Big 12 Conference has issued a $100,000 fine to UCF following discriminatory chants directed at BYU during a football game. Additionally, the conference has implemented a new policy establishing escalating penalties for discriminatory conduct, including potential in-game competitive penalties.