(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox says Southern Utah cities can consider raising property taxes to fund their police and fire departments, but “only when it’s necessary.” In his monthly PBS Press Conference Thursday, the governor said he remembers wrestling with funding public safety agencies when he was a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is calling the preparation and response to potential flooding in Utah “really impressive.” The governor said yesterday that coordination between the state and local emergency teams is important, especially since Utahns haven’t seen this level of flood risk recently. Cox also says the […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Admission to Zion National Park and all of Utah’s Mighty Five is free this weekend. The National Park Service is kicking off National Park Week on Saturday with free admission to all national parks and monuments that normally charge for admission. Parks, programs, and partners […]
(Washington, DC) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined five other faith organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in a workplace religious accommodation case now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case of a former U.S. Postal Service employee, an […]
Connecticut State Police (GROTON, Conn.) — A fuel tanker truck rolled over on the Gold Star Bridge in Groton, Connecticut, on Friday, sparking a massive fire and shutting down traffic on Interstate 95. The driver of the truck died at the scene and two people have been taken to hospitals, […]
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (GASTONIA, N.C.) — The 24-year-old man accused of shooting a 6-year-old girl, her parents and another neighbor after a basketball rolled into his yard in North Carolina is now in police custody. Robert Singletary appeared in court on Friday and signed an extradition waiver. He turned […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As severe weather moves east, a round of damaging storms is expected on Friday from Louisiana to Ohio. At least 15 tornadoes were reported across three states earlier this week, causing severe damage and leaving three people dead in Oklahoma. At least eight of those […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court in New York on Friday returned E. Jean Carroll’s initial case against former President Donald Trump to a district court judge who had previously decided Trump did not act within the scope of his employment as president when he denied Carroll’s […]
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested for the 2003 killing of his ex-girlfriend, 20-year-old Megan McDonald, according to authorities, who allege he was “infatuated” with her and went “into a rage.” Edward Holley, 42, of Wawayanda, New York, who is charged with second-degree murder, allegedly hit McDonald […]
DaveAlan/Getty Images (DENVER) — Alexa Bartell spoke to a friend over the phone while driving Wednesday night near Denver when the line suddenly dropped. Concerned about Bartell’s well-being, her friend eventually tracked Bartell’s phone to a field in Jefferson County, Colorado, where she found a damaged yellow Chevy Spark. According […]
