SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican Speaker of the House is backing an effort to repeal the death penalty in the state three years after lawmakers voted to reinstate the use of the firing squad as a backup execution method. House Speaker Greg Hughes and Republican Rep. Gage Froerer […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outspoken Utah Democrat Jim Dabakis says he won’t run for re-election this year. The Salt Lake City state senator said in a statement Tuesday he’s stepping down after six years because he believes elected officials should serve and then make way for others. The 64-year-old […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of encouraging a high school friend to hang herself and filming the act has been found mentally competent to stand trial. The Daily Herald newspaper in Provo reports the judge’s decision came Tuesday in the case of 18-year-old Tyerell Przybycien (pro-BISH-ian). Prosecutors […]
(Kane County, UT) — A southern Utah sheriff’s office issues a warning about two phone scams making the rounds. The Kane County sheriff’s office says they’ve gotten reports of a common scam where someone will call an elderly person, claiming to be a grandchild in need of bail money. Another […]
(Iron County, UT) — Six men are facing charges after an underage sex sting in Iron County. Investigators reported yesterday that they placed online advertisements for sex with 13-year-old girls and at least six men responded to the ads and talked to what they thought were the teen girls. Investigators […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a missing 15-year-old teen who was separated from his family while snowmobiling in Utah has been found safe. KUTV-TV reports the Cache County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday night the teen had been found after he had gone missing earlier in the day. Authorities say […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is endorsing Mitt Romney in Utah’s Senate race, another sign that the two Republicans are burying the hatchet after a fraught relationship. The GOP’s presidential nominee in 2012, Romney announced last week he would seek the nomination to replace retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. In […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Transit Authority has implemented a program to train all of its transit police officers to recognize “invisible disabilities” such as autism that often influences the behavior of individuals who use mass transportation. The Deseret News reports Transit Police Chief Fred Ross says each […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah high school students are planning to march on the Utah Capitol in support of gun control. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the event planned for March 24 takes a cue from students marching on the Florida state capital after surviving a school shooting that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol is urging drivers to slow down after hundreds of crashes happened across the state Monday. The Department of Public Safety says more than 450 crashes happened between midnight and 3:30 p.m. Monday. At least four drivers hit UHP vehicles as they […]
