WLS-TV (CHICAGO) — The head of the Chicago Police Department is speaking out after two 14-year-old boys were gunned down in separate slayings within hours Wednesday. Just before 4 p.m., a 14-year-old boy was on a street on Chicago’s West Side when he was shot in the abdomen, according to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A bill that would remove the death penalty as a form of punishment in Utah is now ready for state lawmakers to consider. HB 147 from Republicans Lowry Snow and Dan McCay would change the possible sentence for aggravated murder to 45 years to life […]
(Moab, UT) — An independent report is spotlighting “unintentional mistakes” made by Moab police officers during their contact with Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie last year. The report released yesterday faulted the Moab officers for failing to cite Petito for domestic violence during their contact with the couple last August. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker wants to add air pollution to the list of factors that can be used when filing a death certificate in Utah. State Representative Stephen Handy has put forward a bill that would allow doctors to consider air pollution as a contributing factor […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Legislature may introduce bills to prevent local mask mandates. Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson said yesterday that several lawmakers are considering bills in the upcoming session that would stop county governments from implementing mask mandates. The legislature already has the power to review […]
(Delta, UT) — A crash between a Ford Explorer and a train has injured an off-duty Millard County sheriff’s deputy and his 14-year-old daughter. He did not yield to the train in Delta just before 5 p.m. Tuesday. Both had to be airlifted to a hospital, and their names have […]
BOSTON-In news released Thursday morning, Weber State, Utah Valley and Southern Utah University men’s basketball have each placed standouts on the midseason Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award Watch List. This award, named after the former coach at NCAA Division III Hardin-Simmons (1962-1966), New Mexico State (1966-1975; 1997-2005) […]
Walter Michot/Pool/The Miami Herald/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Police are looking for clues into the murder of a prominent figure in Florida’s LGTBQ community. Jorge Diaz-Johnston was found dead in a Jackson County Landfill over the weekend, the Tallahassee Police Department announced Wednesday evening. Diaz-Johnston, 54, was reported missing on […]
SALT LAKE CITY-In news released late Wednesday, Utah men’s basketball will face Arizona State Monday at 2:00 pm at Tempe, Ariz. This game was originally scheduled for Thursday January 13. It was postponed because of the Sun Devils being under health and safety protocols. The Utes will play the No. […]
Liao Pan/China News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 843,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% […]
