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.

‘Golden Girls’ recast with Black cast including Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King

"The Golden Girls" is getting an all Black cast for a one night charitable performance.
6 years ago

Salt Lake City mayor declares emergency due to wind damage

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall declared a state of emergency after a day of gusting winds caused damage throughout the region.
6 years ago

Djokovic out of US Open after hitting line judge with ball

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic has been defaulted from his fourth-round match at the U.S. Open after he accidentally hit a line judge with a tennis ball.
6 years ago

Schools like USU combating coronavirus turn to stinky savior: sewage

Colleges across the nation — from New Mexico to Tennessee, Michigan to New York — are turning tests of waste into a public health tool.
6 years ago

UPDATE: Boil water order remains for 72 hours in parts of Pleasant Grove City

Pleasant Grove officials report they have received positive preliminary results on tests taken yesterday for E. Coli. But a boil water order remains.
6 years ago

Forest Service letting the East Fork Fire burn

The East Fork Fire continues to burn in the High Unita Wilderness Area of Duschene County. It's being allowed to burn as a natural part of the ecosystem.
6 years ago

The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief: story about Pres. Trump calling vets ‘losers’ is just the beginning

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said his story about Pres. Trump calling Americans who died in battle "losers" and "suckers," was just the tip of the iceberg.
6 years ago

Church breaks ground for Orem Temple

With only a small group of people as witnesses, a groundbreaking was held today for the Orem temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
6 years ago

NY attorney general to form grand jury after Prude death

New York's AG moves to form a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after he was hooded and held down by police.
6 years ago

Saturday was a record-breaker for heat in Salt Lake City

Saturday afternoon the Salt Lake International Airport reported it had hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit for only the third time since records have been kept.
6 years ago

Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus, sports arenas

American states are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic.
6 years ago

Austrian man spends 2.5 hours in box filled with ice cubes

An Austrian man beat his own record for the longest full-body contact with ice cubes on Saturday.
6 years ago

Homeless man charged in near-fatal stabbing

A homeless man is facing felony charges after a near-fatal stabbing at a Holladay home in early August.
6 years ago

CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute COVID-19 vaccines on Nov. 1

The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to distribute by Nov. 1. The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an "October surprise."
6 years ago

USA Today’s Susan Page to moderate VP debate in Salt Lake City

The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has announced that Susan Page will moderate the VP debate on Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City.
6 years ago

Facebook, Twitter suspend Russian network ahead of election

Facebook said Tuesday that it removed a small network of accounts and pages linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency, the "troll factory" that has used social media accounts to sow political discord in the U.S. since the 2016 presidential election.
6 years ago

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

Scientists are reporting that the antibodies people make to fight the new coronavirus do not fade quickly. The new study is the most extensive work yet on the immune system's response to the virus and is good news for efforts to develop vaccines.
6 years ago

Police: Teacher with “boogaloo” ties harassed health officer

A California college instructor with ties to the "boogaloo" group is in custody, suspected of sending threatening letters to a county health officer.
6 years ago

University of Utah police receive implicit bias training

Police officers and command staff have completed an implicit bias training aimed at educating them on sexism, stereotypes, racism and social injustice.
6 years ago

Pleasant Grove High reports cluster of COVID-19 cases

Pleasant Grove High School will move to a modified schedule beginning Thursday, Sept. 3, because of a cluster of COVID-19 cases.
6 years ago

Rally supporting police draws scores to downtown Kenosha

Scores of police supporters gathered in Kenosha where protesters have demonstrated against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake last weekend.
6 years ago

Protester killed in Portland as mayor, Trump trade blame

Portland police are asking for video of or eyewitnesses to a shooting that reportedly killed a supporter of the Patriot Prayer group which clashed Saturday night with Black Lives Matter protesters.
6 years ago

USU reports COVID-19 virus in wastewater from residence halls

Students in four residence halls at Utah State University have been asked to quarantine after elevated levels of the COVID-19 virus was found in wastewater.
6 years ago

Fans hope Marvel comic book improves Native representation

Native American comic book fans hope a new Marvel anthology by Native artists and writers will jump-start more authentic representation.
6 years ago