Payson News

Mayor Burtis Bills, 60, says it would be easy to step aside and enjoy his art and grandkids, but he believes his leadership is needed.

The Spectrum reports arrests for felony crimes and compound misdemeanors and warrants carrying a bail of at least $750. All arrest information is taken from the jail booking log and police reports.

When Michael Brooks approached Highland city officials about putting a wind turbine in his backyard, he was met with blank stares.

I'm building an electric car. I'm a regular guy. I have no experience as a mechanic, I don't have a lot of time and I don't have a lot of money.

A man police believe was the getaway driver in an alleged sweet-tooth burglary was arrested Wednesday at Spanish Fork High School's football stadium.

A Payson High School student walking to an early-morning seminary class Friday was struck by a small SUV.

A 24-year-old former Payson High School assistant softball coach pleaded guilty this week in connection with a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl on the team.

Most lead singers of rock bands don't ask the tour-bus driver to drop them off in Nauvoo, Ill., on cross-country tours.

Nebo School District Superintendent Chris S. Sorensen is the 2009 Superintendent of the Year, as awarded by the Utah School Superintendents Association Monday.

Payson Utah concludes their 80th anniversary of their Onion Days celebrations, kicking off their final day with a parade of 98 floats as thousands lined Main street on Labor Day morning.

Family members, friends and fellow classmates gathered to bid a tearful farewell to 13-year-old Vanessa Estrada on Wednesday at the San Andres Catholic Church.

Grief counselors were on hand today at Mount Nebo Jr. High School in Payson following the death of a 13-year-old student, one of four teens killed in a high-speed car crash over the weekend.

To share what Vanessa Estrada meant to them, her classmates at Mount Nebo Junior High plan to write letters and sign a poster for her grieving parents -- and gather donations to help them with the 13-year-old's funeral expenses.

SPANISH FORK, Utah - Students in the Nebo School District are mourning the loss of one of their classmates after a fatal car accident on Sunday.13-year-old Vanessa Estrada was one of four Utah County teens that died in the car crash.

A 13-year-old Payson girl snuck away from home in the middle of the night with three older boys, and all of them paid for it with their lives.

The flu season isn't here yet, but an extensive, special series of exercises Wednesday tested the state's preparedness for a potential H1N1 pandemic.

A 4th District Court jury has awarded nearly $4.4 million to the widow and children of a Payson man who suffered fatal injuries in 2006 when he tried to swerve around backed-up traffic on Interstate 15 and hit other vehicles.

A 4th District Court jury has awarded nearly $4.4 million to the widow and children of a Payson man who suffered fatal injuries in 2006 when he tried to swerve around backed-up traffic on Interstate 15 and hit other vehicles.

PAYSON, Utah - A man is arrested at a Payson swimming pool as a suspect to a murder in Mexico that happened in1997.

Donna Keeney Clark passed away peacefully on August 6, 2009, at the home of her son, Robert, in Salem, Utah, at the age of 90.