By NECIA P. SEAMONS Citizen staff writer Scheduling problems with another high profile project has prompted officials of Kepco to move the day to install the new gable on the Oneida Stake Academy to March 28, at 10 a.m., said Nathan Hale of the Oneida Stake Academy Foundation. Kepco has been working on...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Two Franklin County residents associated with a recent crime spree across southern Idaho and northern Utah plead guilty to grand theft in District Court in Franklin County on Thursday. Judge Mitchell W. Brown ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Hector Diaz, 20, Franklin, and Jose Padilla, 18, Preston....
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor An adult male, arrested on Feb. 29 in conjunction with an aggravated battery in Preston, waived a preliminary hearing in Franklin County’s magistrate court Thursday and is scheduled to be arraigned on March 19 in District Court before Judge Mitchell W. Brown. The alleged assault took place...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A malfunction in a conveyor-belt system was listed as the apparent cause of a fire Wednesday afternoon that destroyed a grain mill at Valley Wide Co-op (Franklin County Grain Growers) 264 So. State, causing up to $5 million in damage. Fire District Fire Marshal Scott Martin said...
Photos by Bob Merrill
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A fire started at approximately 3:37 p.m. Wednesday at Valley Wide Co-op’s (Franklin County Grain Growers) grain mill at 264 So. State and totally destroyed the structure, causing between $4-5 million in damage. Fire District Fire Marshal Scott Martin said the fire spread quickly and was already...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A fire started at approximately 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Valley Wide Co-op’s (Franklin County Grain Growers) grain mill at 264 So. State and totally destroyed the structure. Fire crews were still on the scene at 8:30 p.m. mopping up and watching for hotspots in the granary tower...
Shortly after 3:30 pm, Wednesday, fire broke out in the grain elevator at Franklin County Grain Growers. Photos to follow.
