Death Notice: Robert Williams
Robert “Kirk” Williams passed away Monday, July 22. Funeral services are pending. A full obituary will appear in the Thursday edition of the Transcript-Bulletin.
View ArticleDon’t waste life now on things that can ruin it
When I first heard of the common acronym Y.O.L.O. (assuming it’s still common — these things seem to rush in and out of popularity faster than I can comprehend) I was actually pretty impressed. “You...
View ArticleBulletin Board – July 23, 2013
Tooele Lost Classmates We still need to locate 15 of our 220 classmates at Tooele High School from 1954 to 1958, class of ’58. They are Jolene Dalton, Carol Fulmer, Loretta Graham, Benny Hester, Linda...
View ArticleThe family of Versal Shields
The family of Versal Shields would like to thank everyone who helped ease our burden at the time of our father and husband’s death. For all the flowers, cards and food that was brought in, Johnny and...
View ArticleBigger UHP presence on Interstate 80 all this week
From San Francisco to New Jersey, drivers on I-80 will see more cops making more stops this week — including on Tooele County’s 100-mile stretch. In the nationwide, multi-agency push from July 24 to...
View ArticleBranch takes baseball skills to Dixie State
A fantastic performance at the 3A All-Star baseball game changed summer plans for Wyatt Branch. The former Stansbury High School player went three-for-four hitting in the game with two doubles and a...
View ArticleCity will fix water lines before repaving Utah Avenue
Tooele City is in the process of updating its underground water system and the aging roadway that covers it along the western portion of Utah Avenue. “We have water services that are old and leaking,”...
View ArticleIt takes a year to set, collect taxes in county
(Editor’s note: The following story is a detailed analysis of how Tooele County Corporation prepares for and collects taxes for 19 different taxing entities in the county.) It’s good news for some,...
View ArticleDistrict closer to budget mandate
Tooele County School District’s new superintendent is not wasting any time getting to work. Three days after arriving on the job, Supt. Scott Rogers announced by email a list of budget reductions that...
View ArticleAdams side-wheelies for another world record
No one likes a broken record — except for Daniel Adams. The 22-year-old Grantsville man, who broke one Guinness World Record last fall, made a run at breaking a second record last weekend. In October,...
View ArticleVernon mayoral election missing candidates who want the job
The town of Vernon is looking for a new mayor. When the filing period for municipal elections ended on June 7, nobody had filed to run for the top job — including incumbent Mayor Kent Sagers. According...
View ArticleExpect growing pains with Jazz youth movement
The Utah Jazz are in full rebuilding mode. Dennis Lindsey has torn down the foundation of the squad from a year ago and is rebuilding the team like a kid that just opened a new box of Legos. The Jazz...
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Ronda Murphy
June 28, 1955 – July 23, 2013 Ronda Lyn Skelton Murphy, 58, passed away peacefully on July 23 at her home in Tooele. Ronda was born in Tooele on June 28, 1955 to Margaret Madgelene Darr and Louis...
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Robert Williams
Robert Kirk Williams passed away peacefully Monday, July 22 due to complications from an extended illness. He was born Aug. 14, 1949 in Tooele to Hans and Leota Severe Williams. Kirk was raised on his...
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Ryan Robbins
Elder Ryan Robbins, son of Greg and Mary Lyn Robbins and grandson of Ron and Norene Thomas and Gerald and Beverly Robbins, has been called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of...
View ArticlePrep Football: Season starts in one month
Twenty-nine days remain on the calendar until the start of football season, and the Tooele County teams have spent the summer preparing for the grind. The 3A classification was split into two classes...
View ArticleCabela’s to set up camp, start distributing products from Tooele
Cabela’s, the world’s largest direct marketer of outdoor merchandise, is setting up camp in Tooele County. Cabela’s has signed a one-year lease for 100,000-square-feet of the former Reckitt Benckiser...
View ArticleHome sales, prices continue to rebound from 2012 statistics
Tooele County’s real estate market continued its recovery in the second quarter of 2013 with a 31.5 percent jump in homes sales over the second quarter of 2012. “Home sales and values have increased,”...
View ArticleColonel: TEAD has great repute
Although Col. Roger McCreery didn’t know much about Tooele Army Depot when he went to a week of briefings for his new command of the base, he soon realized he was going into a well-oiled machine. He...
View ArticleBusiness owners decry proposed tax hike
The Tooele County Commissioners pulled in the largest crowd yet Tuesday night in their series of town hall meetings for a proposed tax increase. A group of 45 citizens packed the banquet hall at...
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