At the age of 15, Lu Ann Cooper became the fourth wife of her 23-year-old cousin as part of the Kingston polygamous group in Utah. Now, as the president of Hope After Polygamy, Cooper said a bill passed during the…[Continue Reading...]
Personal records of hundreds of thousands of Australians are being copied and sent to a secretive mountain vault in Utah owned by the Mormon Church following an agreement with the National Archives of Australia (NAA). Government records with details including…[Continue Reading...]
Utahns in a major study were likelier than Americans as a whole to say they were religiously unaffiliated — even though the state is widely considered the most religious. The big picture: 34% of Utah respondents identified as atheist, agnostic…[Continue Reading...]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) — On Monday, Feb. 10, a southern Utah man with connections to the FLDS religion was arrested for several sexual crimes. Officials believe more victims may come forward, according to arrest documents. Lehi Rulon Jeffs, 20,…[Continue Reading...]
HILDALE, Utah — The Short Creek communities of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona are closer to Zion National Park than I knew. The Smithsonian Butte Scenic Back Country Byway begins just outside of Zion and ends in the town…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who escaped a 'polygamist sect' known as the Kingston Group has detailed the exact moment she knew she had to get out. Priscilla Tucker, who is from Utah, was raised in the Kingston Group, which encourages polygamy and…[Continue Reading...]
After more than two years of separation, a mother is finally reunited with her three children in Utah. Authorities successfully recovered the children, originally from American Fork, Utah, in a small town about four hours away on the Arizona border…[Continue Reading...]
‘Salt Lake is a very queer place,’ said the historian J Seth Anderson after he and his husband became the first gay couple to be married in Utah, in 2013. When most non-Utahns think of the state, probably the last…[Continue Reading...]
HILDALE, UTAH (AZFamily) — Mayor Donia Jessop is what you might call a Western pioneer. She’s the first woman to hold Hildale’s top office. During her seven years on the job, Jessop has overseen a truly remarkable transformation in her…[Continue Reading...]
As cities and developers nationwide scramble to convert schools and churches into much-needed housing, Utah has already tapped into a unique apartment-conversion source: houses built for polygamists. The big picture: You can occasionally find apartments around Utah that once housed…[Continue Reading...]
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