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2006 — Utah issues a warrant for Jeffs on felony charges of accomplice to rape over allegations that he had conducted child bride marriages. He’s placed on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list ...
Polygamists on Utah-Arizona Border Under Scrutiny For years, isolation kept the law away from the polygamous towns of Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah. But now, Arizona and Utah officials ...
In Hildale, Utah, he has tried to fulfill his duty to build up his "celestial family"—5 wives, 46 children, and 239 grandchildren. "I've had a blessed life," he says. "I wouldn't trade places ...
On Tuesday, a Utah judge ended his oversight of the United Effort Plan. That’s the charitable trust that at one time owned most of the homes and commercial properties in Hildale, Utah, and ...
An isolated spot along the Utah-Arizona state line, “Short Creek," as Colorado City and Hildale are collectively known, was run via virtual theocracy for decades.
Residents and leaders in the border towns of Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah, say they've moved on from polygamy and figures like Sam Bateman.
The rally included hiking, zip lining, river rafting and a dance with a country music band from Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., polygamous communities on the Utah-Arizona border. The Rock ...
An isolated spot along the Utah-Arizona state line, “Short Creek," as Colorado City and Hildale are collectively known, was run via virtual theocracy for decades.
An isolated spot along the Utah-Arizona state line, “Short Creek," as Colorado City and Hildale are collectively known, was run via virtual theocracy for decades.