Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc.) — A hunt for a killer is underway in Wisconsin after a 10-year-old girl was found dead — and the police chief is warning residents to be vigilant. Lily Peters, a fourth grader, was reported missing by her father on Sunday night, said […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has ordered a court to consider new evidence regarding the case of Melissa Lucio and the death of her daughter, Mariah. Lucio is on death row and was scheduled to be executed on April 27. The execution […]
(Cache County, UT) — The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has announced the second confirmed case of bird flu in the state. The agency said Saturday that the highly contagious avian flu was found in birds on a farm in Cache County. The first case was discovered in Utah […]
(Undated) — Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico jointly agreed to release more water into Lake Powell. The states will gradually release 500-thousand-acre-feet of water from Flaming Gorge beginning May 1st. The move comes after a report showed water levels at Lake Powell dropped more rapidly than projected, putting hydroelectric […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Democrats pulling hard to defeat Republican Sen. Mike Lee took the unusual step Saturday of spurning a party hopeful to instead get behind an independent, former presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Democrats were swayed by calls from prominent members who said McMullin was the best […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Orrin G. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history and was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, has died at age 88. His death Saturday was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause. […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say four people were killed when a single-engine airplane crashed minutes after taking off for a sightseeing tour in rural southwestern Utah. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office said deputies discovered the aircraft after responding to a report of a fire just before 7 p.m. […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been held in civil contempt for his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the New York attorney general’s office. In a bench ruling Monday, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled there was no evidence that Trump had conducted a […]
Nitat Termmee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several wildfires are continuing to wreak havoc on landscapes all over the Western U.S. despite winds that have lowered the chances of rapid spread. Most of the fires are burning in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, regions plagued with dangerous fire conditions, which have […]
04-24 Bruce Lake-Elder David A. Bednar
