A clerical error led to criminal charges being filed against a dead man. That’s what police near Salt Lake City say happened when 31-year-old Michael Chad Breinholt was charged on Friday with drunken driving even though he died in August. KSL-TV reports that West Valley police mistakenly submitted the charges […]
A man accused of killing a Utah college student has been ordered to stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted another woman he met on a dating site more than a year before the slaying. The 31-year-old Ayoola Ajayi pleaded not guilty Friday to felony kidnapping and three counts of […]
A Utah boy is speaking out after being berated by a substitute teacher for saying he was grateful for being adopted by his two dads, one of whom is a professional dancer from Dancing with the Stars. Eleven-year-old Daniel van Amstel told “CBS This Morning” he got angry when the […]
Utah County has voted to increase property taxes for the first time in more than two decades. The Daily Herald reports that dozens of people spoke against the plan during a six-hour meeting this week, but the commissioners said it was necessary to balance the budget and keep the county […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities have released an internal police review outlining areas of improvement but found no signs of excessive use of force during a protest that turned physical. The Salt Lake Police Department has released their incident review Thursday saying police officers showed restraint in their […]
A Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a biological agent of mass destruction, though police say she had only enough of it to affect one person. Authorities say 50-year-old Janie Lynn Ridd bought the unspecified biological agent online and gave misleading statements before her arrest on Wednesday. […]
Utah’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.4% in November, a level the state Department of Workforce Services says is the lowest since early 2007. Nonfarm payroll employment of just under 1.6 million jobs had 51,600 more positions in November than a year earlier, the department said.Chief Economist Mark Knoll said job […]
An Arizona county won’t decide before Christmas whether to reinstate an elected official who was suspended when he was accused of directing an international human smuggling scheme. A spokesman said Thursday that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is waiting for a final investigative report into Assessor Paul Petersen’s handling […]
A federal jury has convicted a Utah man of illegally importing and selling devices to convert semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic weapons. Gary Hill was accused of importing from China and selling conversion devices for Glock handguns in Utah without having paid a special occupation tax or registering as required […]
Hill Air Force Base officials say the delivery of a 78th F-35A to the northern Utah base completes its planned roster. With Tuesday’s delivery of the final F-35A assigned to Hill, each of the 388th Fighter Wing’s three squadrons now has 24 of the fighters and the wing also has […]
