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Rick Koerber and wife, Michelle, hold hands as they leave the Federal Courthouse in mid-June after Rick Koerber was arraigned on a federal criminal indictment that charges he ran a large fraud operation in Utah County that took in at at least $100 million from investors.

Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com hopes to raise about $100 million when it goes public this week.

John Curtis, who promised to heal the rift between the Provo mayor and the city council and to get tough on gangs, will be the first new mayor in Provo in 12 years after beating state legislator Steve Clark with 53 percent of the vote.

They ended up at the emergency room at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. They went through more than six hours of breathing pure oxygen in the hyperbaric chamber to force the carbon monoxide from their bodies and reduce the risk of long-term brain and nerve damage like memory and fine motor loss all the way to seizures and severe brain damage.

Developers and the Republican party are Provo's power players, according to a new poll. The poll, run by Brigham Young University's Center for the Study of Election and Democracy, was done in advance of today's election. It included questions about issues, candidates, those who influence, and outgoing Mayor Lewis Billings.

Alaska prosecutors have closed the case of a 64-year-old convicted sex offender who fled before sentencing.

A 3-year-old boy was hit by a vehicle just before he went trick-or-treating Saturday is still in serious condition but police said he "should be fine." The Provo child was about to go trick-or-treating with his family on Halloween when he stepped over the line along the side of the road next to his parents' vehicle near 1340 North and 1200 West and ...

A judge has set $1 million cash bail for an Orem man arrested in the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law. Fourth District Judge Samuel McVey on Monday also ordered 54-year-old Stephen Edward Strate to surrender his passport if he bails out.

When Robert Jordan - the most popular fantasy writer since Tolkien - died two years ago at age 58, he left behind his "Wheel of Time" saga, unfinished.

27, 2009 in Provo, Utah. George Frey/Getty Images Health officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children deaths -- the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April.

With another woman recently assaulted on the Provo River Trail officers are warning citizens to be on alert.

A private company wants to build a private toll bridge across Utah Lake and it wants your input on the idea.

An 11-year-old Provo boy is recovering from a dog attack. He and his family are grateful a stranger saw the attack and stepped in to help.

A nurse gives a shot of the H1N1 vaccine to Casie Chatwin as her mom Valerie holds her at the Utah County Health Department in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday.

A dispute between two men in Provo ended with a garage being destroyed by massive flames Saturday.

Steve Clark says he has the right combination of business experience and political savvy to help Provo meet the challenges facing the city.

Businessman John Curtis said he wants to create a community that will appeal to his children and, in turn, their children.

Utah lost 16,300 construction jobs between September 2008 and the same month this year, according to federal government statistics and an analysis conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America.

A 30-year-old man died Wednesday when the single-engine airplane he was piloting crashed at Provo Municipal Airport.

Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com Inc. plans to sell about 7.4 million shares in an IPO to raise about $100 million.