TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Police are calling the shooting death of a teenage girl at a house party in Taylorsville suspicious. KUTV of Salt Lake City reported Monday that investigators say 17-year-old Kaylissa O’Leary was shot and killed Saturday night and her car remains missing. Unified police Sgt. Melody Gray […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in West Valley City have identified a man who was fatally shot by an officer during an arrest. They say 31-year-old Chad Michael Breinholt was under investigation for alleged DUI and was being processed at the police station in the basement of West […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Stretches of trails inside Zion National Park are temporarily closed after a rockfall injured three people over the weekend. Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV reports the incident happened Saturday shortly before 6 p.m. around Cable Mountain. Park officials said in a news release that a […]
A 61-year-old hang glider is recovering from serious injuries after a landing accident Saturday in Sevier County. According to Sevier County Sheriff, Nate Curtis, the pilot tried to land in a field South of Monroe, but was injured in the landing. Deputies and a friend of the unnamed pilot had […]
UPDATE: Fire officials report the fire is out as of 3 p.m. Friday and all evacuations are lifted. — Fire officials from several agencies are working to contain a wildfire in Sanpete County East of Mount Pleasant. The Parleys fire is located near Parleys Pond. It is believed to be […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A city in Utah has banned residents from feeding wild deer, elk or moose. The Pleasant Grove City Council enacted the ordinance Tuesday as part of an effort aimed at reducing the deer population. City officials say urban deer have increasingly become a nuisance, damaging […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Across the country, teachers and school districts alike are grappling with the latest political and economic realities of educator pay. The dynamics have been complicated by both the recent national teacher protest movement that’s emboldened the workforce to demand higher salaries and better conditions, and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is visiting Utah as the next stop on a trip to promote the Trump administration’s trade deal with Mexico and Canada. Officials announced Pence will tour the offices of disposable medical devices maker Merit Medical in a Salt Lake City suburb […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The CEO of Overstock.com has resigned, saying he’d become “far too controversial” to helm the e-commerce company known for selling discounted sofas and jewelry. Patrick Byrne’s resignation Thursday came after the company issued an bizarre statement last week in which the former CEO referred to the […]
Fire officials are gaining some containment on a wildfire burning in Beaver County. According to Utah Fire Info, the Mile Marker 122 fire has burned 1000 acres as of Thursday night, but crews have gained 25 percent containment. UDOT officials had closed both directions of traffic on I-15 Thursday afternoon, […]
