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December 9, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Colorado City, Ariz. • The day after church leaders told their father and husband to leave home and repent for unnamed sins, the Holm family listened as their bishop said: "Warren Jeffs is your father now."
Lyle Jeffs, Warren's brother, stood ne... Full Story
December 1, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Colorado City, Ariz. • Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff made an impassioned plea Friday to reach a group that seems out of his grasp: Followers of imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.
"They have to understand, he is a convicted child ... Full Story
November 30, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
In its latest action against the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the state of Texas has tried to answer the question many have asked for years.
Where does the FLDS get its money?
The 91-page affidavit Texas Attorney Gen... Full Story
November 29, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
My Warren Jeffs revelation calender has been blank for months — the last time his followers mailed a set of dire predictions for the future to government officials, it was still June.
The long dry spell ended yesterday, though, when Washington Count... Full Story
November 29, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst And Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune
The Texas Attorney General's Office moved Wednesday to seize the remote ranch where polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs and other men sexually abused underage girls taken as plural wives.
Authorities say sect leaders purchased the Yearning for... Full Story
November 28, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Big news today: The state of Texas wants to seize ownership of the YFZ Ranch, once controlled by Warren Jeffs. Read our story on the search and seizure warrant served Tuesday here, and take a look at the full affidavit, which is attached to the story... Full Story
November 27, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
The "20/20" investigation of the Warren Jeffs-led polygamous sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was No. 1 in its time slot, according to TV Newser.
The show, which aired Friday at 10 p.m., drew 5.8 million viewers ... Full Story
November 21, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It sounds like the date, time and location for the town hall meeting on the United Effort Plan trust has been finalized.
It will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30 at El Capitan School at 255 N. Cottonwood Street in Colorado City, Ariz... Full Story
November 20, 2012 • Utah's Right Blog by Donald Meyers
More Utahns will get to see the state's courts in action this spring.
The Utah Judicial Council approved rules Monday that will allow criminal and civil trials to be televised. Currently, only hearings in the Court of Appeals and the Utah Suprem... Full Story
November 20, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
ABC's 20/20 posted clips from a new story today on the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs. See the promo here.
The piece focuses on Suzette Steed, a woman who left the sect in January. She was one of the people who was expelled around the end ... Full Story
November 19, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
CMC Food Town (kind of a great name for a grocery store, actually) is closed again, apparently for good this time.
The Colorado City, Ariz., building also has a new sign proclaiming it a warehouse for Quality Wholesale Distributors, which appears to... Full Story
November 17, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Three businesses run by members of the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs appeared to shut down permanently Friday — only to re-open Saturday.
It wasn't immediately clear why the border town's only grocery store, CMC Food Town, as wel... Full Story
November 10, 2012 • By Alex White
I did not vote for Mitt Romney and I am relieved that he will not be our president. Had Romney won the election I would be mourning the loss of a good, albeit imperfect, president, while being left to wonder what might have been if he had been given ... Full Story
November 6, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a polygamous sect's property trust should remain under state control, overturning an order returning the trust to the Warren Jeffs-led group and marking a major turning point in the long-running case.
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November 5, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Big decision today: The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to keep the polygamous sect property trust once controlled by Warren Jeffs under state control, which should spell the beginning of the end of everybody's favorite quagmire.
(My favor... Full Story
November 1, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
At the Safety Net meeting today, Utah Attorney General's Office spokesman Paul Murphy said they are looking to hold a town hall meeting with people involved in the United Effort Plan trust — ie, past and present members of the Warren Jeffs-led ... Full Story
October 26, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I have a confession to make.
When I read the last court filing by Bruce Wisan, the administrator of the polygamous sect property trust once controlled by Warren Jeffs, he referred to a federal case filed against him and the reformed United Effort Pl... Full Story
October 23, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Bruce Wisan, the United Effort Plan trust administrator, has lawyers to pay and employees to feed. And with some of the polygamous sect trust's bills more than four years late, he doesn't look willing to wait nine months for a court-ordered... Full Story
October 23, 2012 • By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune
A judge has ordered Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to appear in court to discuss how the state will pay millions in past-due fees to the accountant in charge of a polygamous sect's seized property trust.
Third District Judge Denise Lindber... Full Story
October 18, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
The Texas attorney general has dismissed a bigamy charge against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, according to a special prosecutor on the case.
"All of the heretofore unadjudicated bigamy cases have been dismissed," attorney Eric Nichols said ... Full Story
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