SALT LAKE TRIBUNE (AP) — An investigation found Wednesday that a group of University of Utah police officers made inappropriate comments about explicit photos of a student who had submitted the pictures as evidence in an extortion case shortly before her shooting death. The findings came after the Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former student at an elite private school in Utah says in a lawsuit that administrators mishandled her 2017 sexual assault allegation as she endured bullying from classmates. She’s seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit says students reenacted the rape during a school assembly […]
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — Hundreds of teachers and parents have gathered in northern Utah to argue whether school district reopening plans intended to limit the spread of COVID-19 are too restrictive or not. The Daily News reported that there were two demonstrations Tuesday in Farmington and South Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A once-prominent businessman has agreed not to challenge allegations that he made illegal campaign contributions to Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee and retired Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. A pending consent judgment obtained by the Deseret News says Jeremy Johnson, 44, used straw donors […]
An update has been released on the Pine Hollow Fire that is burning along the Utah and Arizona border. As of the morning of Aug. 8 the fire has burned 11,373 acres, is 58% contained and has 380 personnel assigned. According to officials one house and four outbuildings were in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s police department will implement stricter policies aimed at limiting the use of deadly force. Mayor Erin Mendenhall signed an executive order Monday directing police Chief Mike Brown to enact several new policy changes by Sept. 5. Previously, officers only needed to use […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — Groups of dueling protesters that included police supporters carrying rifles and flags in favor of President Donald Trump faced off outside a suburban Salt Lake City police department Monday night. The protests were in response to use of force by officers at a protest the […]
The heat wave in Central Utah has taken its toll on more than just the residents. Just before 3 p.m. on Monday, August 3, a Rocky Mountain Power transmission line was damaged, causing over 4,300 customers to lose power during the hottest part of the day. Crews are working to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City School District condemned a student’s yearbook quote after a social media post about it went viral. A student at Highland High School posted on Facebook a photo of another student’s yearbook statement that read, “There are two genders and a lot […]
IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A woman has been charged with second-degree murder after a state trooper died, three weeks after a crash in western Michigan. Caleb Starr’s death was announced Friday night. He was driving in Ionia County’s Boston Township on July 10 when a vehicle crossed the center line […]
