SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah polygamist who pleaded guilty for his role in a nearly $500 million biodiesel fraud scheme says a California businessmen who helped him carry out the plan offered protection from prosecution from law enforcement. Jacob Kingston said Thursday during a trial that he and Lev […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah governor candidate Jon Huntsman, Jr. has named Provo’s first female mayor as his running mate. The Republican and ex-U.S. ambassador to Russia said in a statement Friday that Michelle Kaufusi would bring “an important local perspective” as lieutenant governor. She was elected mayor in […]
DNY59/iStock(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Fotis Dulos’ girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, charged in connection with Dulos’ wife’s disappearance and alleged murder, made her first court appearance Friday since his suicide. Troconis, appearing with her new attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, according to ABC New Haven affiliate […]
Salina City Police are asking for the public’s help. According to a post on their Facebook page a woman with her kids entered the Scenic Quickstop in Salina on Dec. 22 and stole multiple items from the store. According to the post “she has been seen in Salina and Richfield […]
carlballou/iStock(ADAMS, Mass.) — A Massachusetts man was being attacked by two pit bulls when his neighbor grabbed a crossbow and tried to intervene, but apparently struck and killed the man instead, prosecutors said. Investigators believe the neighbor heard a commotion Wednesday afternoon and called the Adams Police Department, officials with […]
(ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md.) — A 22-year-old murder suspect has been arrested and charged in the shooting of two Maryland police detectives following a massive manhunt, authorities said Friday. Joseph Robert Mitchell Willis is charged with the murder of 44-year-old Christopher Lawrence Jones in Glen Burnie, Maryland, as well as […]
davemantel/iStock(MADISON, Wis.) — The bald eagle population in Wisconsin has made a huge comeback in the last 45 years. According to new data released by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the state has shown a dramatic increase in the total number of active bald eagle nests since 1974. “The […]
olm26250/iStock(INDIANAPOLIS) — Forty years after most people retire, a land surveyor for Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources has decided to call it quits at the age of 102. Bob Vollmer, Indiana’s oldest state employee, worked his last day on the job Wednesday. “I hate to retire, but you gotta quit […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Powerful winds and rain are wreaking havoc on the Washington, D.C., area Friday morning. Tornado warnings were issued in Maryland as the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Virginia. “Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall,” the National […]
Palmdale Sheriff’s Station(PALMDALE, Calif.) — Detectives are seeking the public’s help in locating two exotic birds that were snatched from a pet store in Southern California last month. Cleo, a citron-crested cockatoo, and Yoda, a Goffin’s cockatoo, were stolen on the night of Jan. 25 from High Country Feed & […]
