MILLCREEK, Utah (ABC4) — On Sunday, the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration was held at Millcreek Common to commemorate the upcoming holiday on Wednesday, June 19. The event was scheduled to run from 6 p.m. until about 10 p.m. at Millcreek Common on Sunday, and promised “fun and educational programming” for those who attended […]
The Millcreek Township School District has been taken to court over another claim of discrimination during the tenure of former Superintendent Ian Roberts. It is third discrimination claim brought against the district since Roberts announced his departure from Millcreek a year ago to head the public schools in Des Moines, Iowa. The district settled the […]
McDowell and McDowell Intermediate high school students will have to leave their cellphones in their lockers beginning next fall. The Millcreek Township School Board voted 5-4 Tuesday to revise the district’s electronic devices policy. The revised policy no longer allows students to use mobile phones before and between classes, at lunch or in some tutorial […]
Millcreek high school students might have some separation anxiety this fall. The Millcreek Township School Board is considering revising district policy to require McDowell and McDowell Intermediate high school students to keep their mobile phones turned off and in their lockers through the school day. The goal is to reduce distractions in the classroom as […]
Former Millcreek Township Treasurer Mark Zaksheske will be a township employee for another year. But he won’t be working for the township or getting a township paycheck. Zaksheske instead will be on unpaid administrative leave until July 13, 2025, by terms of a separation agreement unanimously approved by township supervisors Tuesday. Zaksheske then will qualify […]
Millcreek Township School District officials are walking a kind of tightrope in raising tuition for the district’s pre-kindergarten program next school year. And so far, they seem to be balancing the need to cover program costs without pricing the program out of the market. The new tuition — $8,226 for the 2024-25 school year, or […]
A 32-year-old Millcreek Township man was killed Friday afternoon when his vehicle crashed into a tree along Swanville Road, police said. The crash was reported at about 3 p.m. Friday in the 5400 block of Swanville Road, near West Ridge Road. According to Millcreek police, the vehicle was traveling east on Swanville Road when it […]
MILLCREEK, Utah (ABC4) — Unified Police have released new details in the murder investigation of 25-year-old Esperanza Chavez, whose body was discovered leaning against a dumpster in Millcreek Saturday morning. At 6:20 a.m. on Jan. 20, police received a call regarding a body at 3994 South 300 West in Millcreek. Upon arriving at the scene, […]
MILLCREEK, Utah (ABC4) — A woman was killed and her body left near a dumpster in Millcreek Saturday morning. Fred J. Edwards, 46, of Salt Lake City, will be booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on a murder charge, according to the Unified Police Department. Snowboarder recounts near-death experience after being caught in avalanche […]