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April 19, 2012 • By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune
A Texas appeals court has upheld the sexual-assault conviction of a polygamous sect member who spiritually married a 15-year-old girl in 2004 at a ranch in Schleicher County.
Raymond Merril Jessop, 40, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for one cou... Full Story
April 26, 2012 • By Paul Davenport The Associated Press
Phoenix • A sharply divided Arizona House on Wednesday rejected a bill to allow Mohave County officials to abolish the police department in a northern Arizona community with a polygamous enclave.
The House voted 28-25 against the bill as a lawmaker ... Full Story
April 27, 2012 • Following Faith by Peggy Fletcher Stack
This so-called "Mormon moment" has spawned lots of stories by folks who consider themselves experts on the Utah-based faith but may know very little.Take the case of Father Dwight Longenecker, priest of Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Gree... Full Story
April 30, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah Supreme Court has refused to block a judge's order requiring the Attorney General's Office to pay more than $5.5 million in debts associated with running a polygamous sect property trust once controlled by Warren Jeffs.
That does... Full Story
May 1, 2012 • Out of Context by Tribune Political Reporters
Romney's tepid endorsers. Utah's homeless numbers at all-time high. Biker Becker slashes bike committee.
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to May. "It's the season of lemon-sucking endorsers for Mitt Romney," says the lead of a Poli... Full Story
May 15, 2012 • By Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah Attorney General's Office filed its formal opposition Monday in a fight against a judge's order to pay millions of dollars in past-due bills to the man appointed to oversee a polygamous sect's property trust.
The A.G.'s o... Full Story
April 3, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Signed by Nathan C. Jessop and John Wayman, the newest revelations from Warren Jeffs start off nice enough, talking about "glory-peace-love-joy" and such, then shift into the scary stuff: tidal waves in Asia, wind storms in North America, a... Full Story
April 9, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Young people are the focus of this year's Safety Net conference.
The topic is particularly relevant now, given the recent car crash deaths of five teens and one young adult who grew up in the Warren Jeffs-led FLDS and the discussions over home-... Full Story
April 28, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I'm at work on a Saturday, so I thought I'd try out a new reporting tool. Storify pulls quotes, posts and opinions from social media, including Twitter, YouTube, Facebook etc. and puts them all together in an easy-to-read format.
Social med... Full Story
May 9, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I'm hitting the road today to go to this journalism conference in New Orleans, so I'll be out of the office until next week.
One thing that I'll miss is a briefing deadline Monday in the state's appeal of a judge's ruling to... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
In an episode of World Report set to air at 9 p.m. EST (that's 7 p.m. MST), the network examines the most recent round of excommunications by polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs. They talk with Arnold Richter, who was was recently kicked out.Her... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
... is, of course, the annoucement that the Browns, or the Sister Wives family, will challenge Utah's polygamy law. I'm working on a local reaction story, but in the meantime, I found out there will be a press conference at the courthouse t... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Ahead of the "Sister Wives" presser this afternoon, I wrote a short piece looking at what might be the Browns' first legal hurdle: Proving they are suffering under the current law. See, the Browns haven't been criminally charged w... Full Story
August 19, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
What with the Warren Jeffs trial out of Texas, and Colorado City indictments from Arizona, there's been a sad lack of polygamous legal wrangling Utah-style. Luckily we've still got the United Effort Plan trust. Last we checked, Utah Attorne... Full Story
September 1, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Members of the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs are busy with construction work at their remote ranches in both Texas and South Dakota. In Texas, new aerial photos of the Yearning for Zion Ranch show some kind of apparently tower-like structure go... Full Story
January 26, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Back in April, it looked for a day or so like members of the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs had burned thousands of books stored by non-member Stefanie Colgrove in an old Colorado City schoolhouse for a future library. It turned out the bulk of ... Full Story
January 26, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Joe, Alina, Vicki and Valerie Darger — an inspiration for "Big Love" — appeared on Dr. Phil today, one of several shows they've done on a media tour for their new memoir, Love Times Three. (I haven't yet read the book, which was... Full Story
February 22, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Perhaps in response to the abundance of polygamy news this year, an LDS apostle addressed plural marriage during the church's General Conference this past weekend in Salt Lake City. M. Russell Ballard condemned the used of the term "Fundame... Full Story
February 22, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
The Safety Net meeting was held at the El Capitan High School in Colorado City today, so I watched via online streaming. Here were some highlights I picked up: - More people continue to leave/are being kicked out of the FLDS. Aid organizations are lo... Full Story
February 22, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
William Faulker wrote, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." With that in mind, here's an interesting story of a major polygamy case from 20 years ago, and the way it all shook down. Back in 1991, the Utah Supreme Court... Full Story
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