Chris Reed

1 week ago | fox13now.com | Chris Reed

ST. GEORGE, Utah — A St. George woman who survived a brutal stabbing attack just days ago walked across the stage to receive her diploma Wednesday. Kourtney Mansfield graduated from Dixie Tech – a trade school in St. George -- with a degree in digital media and design, less than a week after being stabbed five times while working as a caretaker. "For me, it was a very beautiful thing to realize that just days ago, she was on the brink of death.

1 week ago | fox13now.com | Chris Reed

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Brick by brick, the names of those who have protected our nation are enshrined at a southern Utah park that salutes the country's military veterans. "We fought for what we thought was right," explained St. George resident Ronald Gray. Gray said he also fought in Vietnam for his family. On Monday, multiple generations of the Gray family looked with him upon more than 900 bricks honoring veterans with the names of men and women who have served the nation.

2 weeks ago | fox13now.com | Chris Reed

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Italian artist Giuseppe Percivati, known professionally as Pepe Gaka, is finishing what will be southern Utah's tallest mural in downtown St. George. The name "Gaka" means painter in Japanese, a moniker he chose when he lived in Japan. The massive artwork, which celebrates music and nature, stands 30 feet at its highest point and covers 7,000 square feet of a parking structure shared by the Advenire Hotel and City View Apartments. "I don't like to cut corners.

2 weeks ago | fox13now.com | Chris Reed

ST GEORGE, Utah — Cases of Valley Fever have increased 62 percent in southern Utah as development disturbs soil containing the dangerous fungus. The beautiful red hills of Ivins and much of southern Utah hide a dangerous fungus that is making more people sick. Linda Sappington has seen Valley Fever move through her family. It was most severe for her daughter 23 years ago when she was pregnant.

2 weeks ago | fox13now.com | Chris Reed

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Shane Smeed, the new president of Utah Tech University, has only been in office for about two or three weeks, but the Provo native is well aware that he is taking the wheel at a growing school in St. George. Smeed arrives just as the school confirmed there had been an outside investigation into the previous president, Richard "Biff" Williams, allegedly leaving a phallic gift for another administrator.