Lawmakers say a contentious tax overhaul in Utah will be repealed amid growing voter backlash. Republican legislative leaders said Thursday the plan to raise taxes on food and groceries while cutting income tax would be repealed next week. The Deseret News reports the announcement came Thursday after an effort to […]
A Utah man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison without parole for the strangulation death of a woman in her home. The Daily Herald reported 35-year-old Jerad Gourdin was sentenced for first-degree felony homicide for pecuniary gain. Authorities say 60-year-old Belen Perez returned home and surprised […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Plenty of change is in the air at the Sundance Film Festival, where some 118 feature films are set to premiere over the next 10 days beginning Thursday. Streaming companies are now among the most likely companies to scoop up buzzed-about breakthroughs. The marquee event […]
KINGSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A prosecutor says new charges have been filed against a Utah couple arrested last year in connection with the deaths of a New Hampshire couple found buried at a South Texas beach. Kleburg County District Attorney John Hubert says 33-year-old Amanda Noverr and 33-year-old Adam Curtis […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a child found a loaded handgun on the grounds of an elementary school in northern Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports officers were called to Odyssey Elementary in Ogden on Wednesday after the child found the .22-caliber Ruger Mark II handgun just outside a […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former Utah Valley University employee to four months in county jail after she pleaded guilty to stealing more than $380,000 from the university to pay for travel expenses and a private theater business. The Daily Herald reported Tuesday that 43-year-old Jennifer […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teenager accused of shooting his mother and three siblings has been charged as an adult with aggravated murder and other felony counts. Prosecutors said Wednesday that the 16-year-old killed his mother and sister as they returned home from school pickup, then shot two more […]
Rudy Gobert had 22 points, 15 rebounds and three blocked shots and Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points, leading the Utah Jazz past the Golden State Warriors 129-96. D’Angelo Russell overcame a slow start to score 26 for the Warriors, who lost for the 11th time in 12 games and couldn’t […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has refused to overturn part of Utah’s lewdness law in a criminal case against a woman who was topless at home. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the female judge sided Tuesday with prosecutors who argued that lewdness is commonly understood to include […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Supporters of an effort to overturn recent changes to the Utah’s tax laws say they have collected enough signatures to put the issue on the November ballot. The tax reform package passed in a special legislative session reduces income taxes while raising some sales taxes […]
