Digital Content Producer

Simone Seikaly

Simone Seikaly is a veteran reporter, anchor and producer at KSL NewsRadio, but these days, she's best known as a digital content producer. You can reach her at sseikaly@ksl.com.

Colorado reports first confirmed case of COVID-19 variant in the US

The variant, B.1.1.7., is similar to that seen in the United Kingdom.
6 years ago

Utah Congressional Votes: COVID-19 stimulus and defense spending

Utah Congressmen have voted on additional COVID-19 stimulus funding and the President's veto of defense spending.
6 years ago

House approves Trump’s $2K checks, sending to GOP-led Senate

Democrats led the passage, 275-134, their majority favoring additional assistance.
6 years ago

Biden warns of Trump officials’ ‘roadblocks’ to transition

Biden says his team has faced "obstruction" from the "political leadership" at the Defense Department and the Office of Management and Budget
6 years ago

Authorities identify man suspected of igniting Nashville bomb

U.S. Attorney Don Cochran identified the suspect on Sunday as Anthony Quinn Warner. Investigators said they used DNA to determine the remains were Warner's.
6 years ago

Jazz fans in the stands at season home opener

There were only 1,500 fans in a stadium built to hold ten times that number. And despite the loss, fans leaving the game were excited just to be there.
6 years ago

Injured hiker rescued after 100 foot fall near Victory Road

The hiker sustained multiple injuries in the fall, and also lost his phone. He waited on a ledge for five hours before help arrived.
6 years ago

Mountain “U” lit in Jordan’s honor, community stunned

Ty Jordan reportedly was the victim of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in his hometown of Denton, TX, on Christmas Day.
6 years ago

Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day

The three-sided tower, held together by icing and decorated with a few gumdrops, delighted the city when word spread about its existence.
6 years ago

Skeet shooter rescues accident victim in Duchesne County

A driver who'd crashed his truck off of SR 208 in Duchene County was stuck in his vehicle for hours before he was rescued by a skeet shooter.
6 years ago

FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bomb

Investigators are scouring hundreds of tips and leads in the Nashville blast that pulverized city streets and damaged dozens of buildings.
6 years ago

Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado

About 120 ferrets at the National Black-footed Conservation Center near Fort Collins, Colorado, got the vaccine in late summer.
6 years ago

Lawmakers eyeing changes to ballot options in next US elections

Lawmakers in some states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden are pushing for new restrictions on absentee voting.
6 years ago

Officials: Person of interest ID’d in Nashville explosion

Two law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press that federal investigators are searching a home associated with that person.
6 years ago

Pres. Trump pardons former campaign chair Paul Manafort, dozens more

President Donald Trump issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 more people on Wednesday, bringing a two-day total to near 50.
6 years ago

Chamber asks Romney, Curtis about pandemic relief resources

SALT LAKE CITY — Members of the Salt Lake Chamber got a chance to pose their questions about the $900 billion federal relief bill agreed to by lawmakers this week to two members of Utah’s congressional delegation. On Wednesday, the Chamber hosted a Zoom conference call which included Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Congressman John Curtis, […]
6 years ago

Pres. Trump vetoes massive defense bill despite overwhelming GOP support

The Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the massive funding bill with a veto-proof majority of 84 to 13, a major rebuke to the President.
6 years ago

Trump pardons 15, including allies, campaign officials

Pres. Trump has pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.
6 years ago

Tri-County health department announces vaccine distribution schedule

The Tri-County Health Department is following state guidelines for its COVID-19 vaccine distribution and will begin with TCHD staff.
6 years ago

Pres-elect Biden picks Miguel Cardona as education secretary

As an educator, Miguel Cardona has devoted his work to improving education for English-language learners and closing achievement gaps.
6 years ago

Utah Amazon employees deliver $90K in donations to local nonprofits

With input from their local employees, Amazon fulfillment centers and delivery stations in Utah identified areas where they could help spread the Christmas spirit this year.
6 years ago

St. George Mayor, among others announced for Gov-elect Spencer Cox cabinet

The St. George mayor will join many more new faces will join the cabinet of Governor-elect Spencer Cox when he takes the reins.
6 years ago

WATCH: Deal reached on COVID-19 relief package.

Top congressional negotiators appear on the brink of agreeing to long-delayed legislation to deliver a new round of COVID-19 relief.
6 years ago

Pres. Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results

The petition released Sunday seeks to reverse a trio of Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases having to do with mail-in ballots.
6 years ago