Orem News

Orem High sophomore football player Ben Smith responded positively to being woken up from a medically induced coma Saturday afternoon, and he will next undergo surgery for an underlying heart condition that was discovered after he collapsed during conditioning practice last Thursday.

Utah County officials on Saturday celebrated the opening of the 17-mile Murdock Canal Trail that starts at the mouth of Provo Canyon and ends at Thanksgiving Point.

Sen. John Valentine, the legislator behind most of the recent changes to Utah's liquor laws, said Wednesday it's too soon to say whether he will sponsor a bill next session lowering the blood alcohol level for impaired driving.

On Thursday, police in Orem arrested Alexander Navidad-Hernandez, 27, and Javier Santos-Jacobo, 27, after they reportedly tried to convince two sisters, ages 14 and 16, to have sex with them for $30. A day earlier, one of the suspects pulled-up next to the girls as they walked home, handed them a $5 bill, along with his phone number and told them ... (more)

His brother was practicing with Ben when he went into cardiac arrest. "He just collapsed on the ground and turned him over and he was turning purple in the face," said Jeremiah Smith, 17, one of Ben's seven brothers.

After an Orem High School football player collapsed during a spring training drill, his coach is being hailed a hero for helping save his life.

Recently I appeared on a television show coaching viewers on how to pitch to Shark Tank.

Alexander Navidad-Hernandez, 27, and Javier Santos-Jacobo, 36, allegedly approached two sisters, a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old, near the Macey's at 880 N. State Street on Wednesday.

The Utah senator who takes the lead in setting state liquor policy on Wednesday said lawmakers will closely consider the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendation that states reduce their drunk-driving thresholds.

This experimental, electronica ensemble is led by Thomas Fec, better known by the stage name Tobacco and revered in the underground scene for his novel approach to analog instrumentation and production.

Alex. Brown Realty Inc., of Baltimore, a privately owned real estate investment manager, in conjunction with two Utah-based companies, PEG Development of Provo and Blue Diamond Capital of Orem, announced plans to develop two hotels, a structured parking garage and mixed-use retail on a 3.26 acre development site in downtown Salt Lake City.

It's also the basis for his art, which satirizes Mormons' obsession with sweets by using candy, cakes, Jell-O and other sugary treats to recreate personal, religious and cultural symbols.

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Orem, Utah-based security firm Decipher Forensics announced this week that it has figured out a way to recover deleted photos from Snapchat , the app that automatically deletes sent photos and video in 10 seconds or less.

I've given talks at local schools about online privacy and about issues related to oversharing with teens, and one thing that I hear back with some regularity is "no, things really do delete" after I remind them that nothing is ever really deleted on the Internet.

A couple of new jobs reports this week suggest the future for college graduates in Utah looks bright.

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Murdock Canal Trail in Utah County, ahead of the grand opening on Saturday, May 18.

Having gotten a little tired of the indecisive weather here in St. Louis, I decided to take a trip out West to visit family.

Utah Valley University Senior and home town girl Lyn Wells has been named the 2013 Western Regional Student Chef of the Year.

Not so fast, Snapchat. Those 10-second-or-less pictures appear to have a much longer life, deep inside of smartphones.