Grantsville OKs lantern festival to return to UMC
For the second time this year, thousands of lanterns will illuminate the sky over Utah Motorsports Campus after the event was approved by the Grantsville City Council on Wednesday. The Lantern Fest,...
View ArticleCandlelight vigil and fundraiser organized for Sydney Naylor
The Tooele County community has rallied around the family of Sydney Naylor, the Tooele High School student who suffered unsurvivable injuries in a single-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday evening....
View ArticleTooele High student receives unsurvivable injuries in crash
A Tooele High School student suffered unsurvivable injuries in a single vehicle rollover accident on SR-73 Tuesday evening, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The blue passenger car was traveling...
View ArticleArea economy ‘headed in the right direction’
An increase in job seekers drove the April 2016 unemployment rate up for Utah and Tooele County while the number of available local jobs grew for the twelfth consecutive month, according to new state...
View ArticleCounty’s drought status on the mend?
Although May precipitation totals fell short of normal, the severity of Tooele County’s drought has lessened, according to a federal weather oversight group. Last month, rainstorms brought a total 1.9...
View ArticleIn 1991, emergency teams hold mock mustard agent release
The Tooele Transcript Bulletin has published Tooele County news since 1894. Here is a flashback of local front-page news from 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago that occurred during the second week of June....
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Volunteer extraordinaire Mike Parks helps ensure successful arts festival
Mike Parks There are a handful of people in our community who should have a “V” permanently stamped in the middle of their forehead designating their love and commitment to volunteer service. Mike...
View ArticleB.D. Howes Band to perform at Tooele City’s Fridays on Vine
This week, Fridays on Vine will feature a local classic rock group: The B.D. Howes Band. It will be the band’s first time performing for a concert in Tooele, said B.D. Howes, the band’s lead singer....
View ArticleTooele man charged with attempted murder after shooting at local store
A Tooele man faces attempted murder charges in 3rd District Court after he allegedly fired a handgun at another man during an argument at the 7/11 convenience store at 975 N. Main Street in May. Vernal...
View ArticleWeeds, fish hooks at Stansbury Lake focus of SPSA meeting
Stansbury Lake remained a major talking point at the Stansbury Park Service Agency board meeting Wednesday night. Board members approved the cost difference in upgrading the engine on its lake mower to...
View ArticleCall issued for local artists to enter City’s art contest
Artists can now register for Tooele City’s fourth annual Plein Air Art Contest. The art contest includes a drawing/painting category as well as a photography category, and is open to local artists of...
View ArticleTooele Arts Festival will open next week
The 30th annual Tooele Arts Festival is nearly set to begin next weekend. More than a dozen food vendors have signed up to attend the festival on June 17-19. Festival attendees will also have an...
View ArticlePortable classroom at Harris Elementary hit by vandalism
A portable classroom building at Sterling Harris Elementary was severely vandalized earlier this week, and now school officials and Tooele City police are looking for the perpetrators. The modular...
View ArticleArea teen birth numbers no longer highest in the state
Once the highest in the state, Tooele County’s teen pregnancy rate has been reduced by two thirds since local health and school officials partnered in an abstinence-based education program. Alarmed by...
View ArticleEast walls to crumble for new school
Goodbye East, hello Sterling. The Tooele County School District will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Sterling Elementary on Monday at 4 p.m. The ceremony will be held at East Elementary at 135 S....
View ArticleWoman hit by train on Tooele’s west side
A woman was struck by a train Monday evening in Tooele City just west of Tooele Boulevard and south of SR-112, according to the Tooele City Police Department. The woman was struck around 7:40 p.m. in...
View ArticleGrantsville man charged with aggravated assault
A Grantsville man is facing aggravated assault charges after an altercation with his wife ended in him suffering a gunshot wound. Lukasz Sordyl, 40, is charged with second-degree felony aggravated...
View ArticleGrantsville woman charged with theft, attempted escape
A Grantsville woman was charged in 3rd District Court after she allegedly stole a vehicle and attempted to escape from arresting officers earlier this month. Jessica Shupe, 30, is charged with...
View ArticleTooele woman charged with felony child abuse
A Tooele woman faces felony child abuse charges after a child under her care was found covered in bruises after he was dropped off at a daycare in Salt Lake City. Christie Sommers, 53, is charged with...
View ArticleBody found in canyon
The body of a missing woman was found in Bates Canyon yesterday evening, according to the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office. The 62-year-old Stansbury Park resident had been reported missing and suicidal...
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