SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man convicted of the fatal shooting of a University of Utah student has been extradited to Colorado to face additional charges. The Deseret News reports 25-year-old Austin Jeffery Boutain will face a first-degree murder charge in the death of 63-year-old Mitchell Bradford Ingle in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah school district is paying $62,500 to settle a lawsuit filed after a junior high student was caught in a bus door and dragged about 175 feet (53 meters) in an alleged racially motivated incident. The incident occurred in February in West Point about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have identified the man killed by a police officer during a shootout at a Salt Lake City apartment complex on Monday. Detective Michael Ruff with Salt Lake City Police said Wednesday 43-year-old Michael Brand was shot and killed by an officer responding to a […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah therapy service is using donations to provide subsidized mental health services after parting ways with a youth LGBTQ resource center that funded the operation. The Daily Herald reported Tuesday that about 200 clients followed their therapists after Flourish Therapy and the nonprofit Encircle split in May. […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An Army sergeant from Utah who died in Afghanistan will be buried in Ogden this week. The Standard-Examiner reports a funeral for U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Elliott J. Robbins is set for Thursday morning at St. James Catholic Church. A burial with military honors will follow at […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old girl has died after her father accidentally struck her with a golf ball. Lt. Trent Colledge with the Orem Police Department says the girl and her father had been golfing at Sleepy Ridge Golf Course in Orem Monday morning when her father […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that found voting districts in a Utah county were racially gerrymandered and violated the rights of Navajo voters. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver handed down the opinion Tuesday in the case that resulted in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say an officer injured in a shootout at a Salt Lake City apartment complex that left one man dead was wounded by friendly fire. The Deseret News reports Salt Lake City police clarified during a press conference Monday evening that the officer was wounded by another […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 15-year-old giraffe has been euthanized at a Utah zoo after struggling with intestinal issues. Utah’s Hogle Zoo announced Monday that Kipenzi the giraffe was euthanized on July 12 after zookeepers noticed her appetite severely decreased and she wasn’t going to the bathroom. Zoo veterinarians […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Applicants vying for a handful of licenses to grow Utah’s medical marijuana will have to wait longer than expected to find out who has been selected. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Saturday that they are delaying the announcement of who will grow […]
