Whitney Merrifield, Miss Utah County, has been crowned Miss Utah 2009.
Merrifield's platform is "Be the Change Utah — Creating Unity and Breaking Stereotypes." She also will serve as the official spokeswoman for the state Child Protection Registry, which is designed to protect families from adult-oriented material.
Merrifield is a BYU student working toward a degree in communications. She hopes to become a broadcast journalist.
Merrifield was crowned on Saturday and wins a $10,000 scholarship. She now goes on to the Miss America Pageant.
— Associated Press
Volunteers save Salt Lake
20,000 Salt Lake County residents who volunteered during 2011 had their efforts valued at $20 million.
Father surprises kids at school
Les Davenport surprised his children in Layton as he arrived home from Korea on mid-tour leave.
DWR stocks Strawberry
Strawberry Reservoir lures thousands of people for its trout fishing, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources wants to give fishermen a great catch on the line in the years to come. So the DWR has stocked the reservoir with half a million cutthroat trout.
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