BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Officials say a wildfire has burned three homes, heavily damaged five more and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. The KUTV television station reports that Bountiful police say the blaze started at about 1 a.m. Friday during a thunderstorm. […]
Sen. Mitt Romney has big concerns about the national debt and health care pricing. At a town hall in Richfield Thursday, Romney also addressed questions on education, veterans health care and the coal industry. On education, Romney said, he thinks education decisions need stay at the local level. “I’m a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials are unveiling a gun safety program aimed at preventing accidental shootings that will be optional for schools. The program was mandated three years ago by state lawmakers who have consistently rejected gun-control measures. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said Thursday at a news […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. marshal in Arizona says a fugitive couple suspected of murder escaped by tying up two security guards near the Utah state line. In an interview Thursday with Phoenix radio station KTAR-FM, David Gonzalez shared more details about how 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and 59-year-old Susan Barksdale escaped on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A report indicates that evidence such as drugs and guns is at risk of being stolen once the items reach the Utah court system. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that a state audit of six district courts and three juvenile courts found inadequate procedures to safeguard and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student has died after collapsing during Army ROTC physical training. University spokesman Chris Nelson says senior film and media studies major Elva Torres was hospitalized after collapsing Tuesday morning on campus and was pronounced dead Wednesday. Cause of death was not […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested a Utah man they say tortured and killed two kittens, using the body of one dead animal to beat the other. Records show 27-year-old Jordan Hagen was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Monday on suspicion of torturing a companion […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have arrested a teenager who they say brought a gun to his high school in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City Detective Michael Ruff said police were called to West High School Wednesday afternoon after another student told school officials they saw the suspect […]
A Dammeron Valley man accused of sexually assaulting a girl under age 14 had pleaded guilty to two charges. Rodney Eugene Hoppal was charged with five first-degree felonies in 2018, but under an agreement he pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child. Police began looking […]
A man accused of posing as a teenage boy on social media is facing federal charges. 42 year old Russell Dean Petersen was indicted in July for encouraging minors to send him nude selfies. The investigation began in January when Petersen’s estranged wife found out he was using Snapchat to […]
