SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gun rights groups are planning rallies in three Utah cities on Saturday as part of similar events across the U.S. aimed at pushing back against a wave of student-led gun violence protests that some see as a threat to the Second Amendment. A group called […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state audit of a southwestern Utah county’s sheriff’s office has uncovered poor oversight and occasional misuse of government equipment. The auditor’s report released on Tuesday said that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office kept poor records about $124,000 in donated funds and didn’t have proper […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers will call themselves into a special session to override Gov. Gary Herbert’s vetoes of two bills the governor said went too far in expanding the Legislature’s powers. Legislative leaders announced Wednesday that more than two-thirds of the House and Senate favor an override. […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say the body found in a West Valley City drainage pipe has been identified as a missing Utah woman. The medical examiner’s office identified the body as 43-year-old Cami Shepherd who was reported missing in early February. Authorities say an autopsy found no […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a baby killed in a suburban Salt Lake City crash involving multiple vehicles was a 5-month-old girl. Unified Police said Wednesday that the deceased baby was Alice Skankey of Herriman. Police say her 2-year-old sibling and parents are still at a hospital but […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new Utah Department of Health survey has found that lesbian, gay and bisexual Utah residents are more frequently victims of sexual violence than heterosexual people. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 10,000 Utah adults took the survey in 2016, answering questions such as whether they had […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A 41-year-old southern Utah man has been sentenced to a year in jail on a child abuse charge stemming from the year-long captivity and starvation of his 12-year-old son in Toquerville near the Arizona line. The St. George News reports Judge Eric Ludlow sentenced the […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Hurricane woman has been sentenced to prison for her part in the kidnapping and killing of a southern Utah man. The Spectrum reports prosecutors say Tammy Freeman was a co-conspirator in a plot to “get rid” of David Heisler of Santa Clara after he gained custody […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 41-year-old Provo man who has been arrested on theft charges more than a dozen times before is back in jail accused of stealing $2,500 worth of equipment from a boat shop in Lindon. The (Provo) Daily Herald reports Lindon police arrested Kenneth Jarvis Tuesday for suspicion of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State lawmakers across the country have been forced out of office, stripped of leadership posts or chastised after sexual misconduct allegations since last year, and Utah wasn’t immune. Republican Rep. Jon Stanard of St. George resigned in February, days before allegations surfaced that he met […]
