Most of the administrative employees of Highland city already work four-day weeks, with a skeleton crew at the city offices on Fridays. But, starting on a yet-to-be-determined date, all city employees will switch to the 4/10 schedule.

After losing his piano tools in November, 83-year-old Don peterson can safely say today that there are good people in the world. 

Another defendant in the Riverbottoms mortgage fraud case, this time one who acted as a straw buyer, has pleaded guilty.

An Orem man will face trial on charges that he threatened a state legislator and Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert.

After reviews by the state fire marshal, contractors and engineers, the Nebo School District is confident Salem Hills High School is safe for students, officials said at the school board meeting Wednesday.

• SEXUAL ABUSE -- American Fork police on Friday arrested a licensed massage therapist after a 16-year-old boy said the man sexually assaulted him. Michael James, an American Fork resident in his early 30s, was booked into the Utah County Jail on one count of forcible sexual abuse. The alleged victim told police that James took him into the massage therapy room in his basement, and that during the subsequent massage James took off the boy's underwear and started massaging his genitals, according to an affidavit filed in Provo's 4th District Court. The boy told police that he did not want any sexual contact with James, but did not know how to get away from him.

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Alpine Mayor Hunt Willoughby has asked City Council members to privately let him know what they think about giving him and themselves a raise. Then he'll compile the information and decide how to proceed.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The mother of an 11-year-old boy who was wrapped in toilet paper and then accidentally set on fire says the whole thing started as prank by her son's 13-year-old brother.

Chelsie Hightower (right) teaches a private lesson at Center Stage in Orem to Jenna Johnson and Casey Treu to help in their preparation for an upcoming ballroom dance competition Tuesday, August 11, 2008. Hightower, who is originally from Orem and danced and taught for years at Center Stage, was voted off the hit FOX television show "So You Think You Can Dance" July 31, making it to the final six. The top ten dancers from the show, including 19-year-old Hightower, will begin their fall U.S. performance tour September 20 and will be in Salt Lake City September 23.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's Class of 2008 did better on the ACT college entrance exam than seniors did in past years and the nation as a whole.

An Orem boy who was playing with friends was seriously burned Monday evening when they wrapped him in toilet paper and accidentally set it on fire.