Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Polygamist leader convicted of sexual assault

  August 4, 2011 in Nation/World A Texas jury convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault Thursday in a case stemming from two young followers he took as brides in what his church … 18

• ‘I was 17 and he was 50’

      February 22, 2009 in News on Page A1 When she was just 17, Mary Mackert was forced to marry a man who was 50.

  She’d been taught there was nothing else she could do. 5

• Polygamist sect on Idaho-B.C. border drawing new scrutiny

    February 15, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 In the scenic international border region where Idaho’s Panhandle meets British Columbia, polygamy is a way of life for hundreds – the open secret that’s gone untouched by authorities until …

• Children abused at Zion Ranch, report says

  December 24, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 SAN ANTONIO – A dozen girls were sexually abused at a polygamist group’s ranch targeted in a high-profile raid last spring, and parents neglected more than 250 other children living …