SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker was charged Wednesday with murder and kidnapping in the death of a Utah college student whose body was found in a wooded area with her arms bound behind her. Prosecutors said Ayoola A. Ajayi, 31, was the last person Mackenzie Lueck communicated […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police arrested eight people after protesters of the Utah Inland Port Authority clashed with authorities. Salt Lake City police say three people were cited and released Tuesday, but five were taken to jail on suspicion of charges that ranged from assault against a police officer […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s has been sentenced on a sexual abuse charge for the second time in as many weeks. Under the terms of a plea agreement, the […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Researchers from Utah State University are inviting residents to contribute to a project studying insects. The Herald Journal reports researchers from the university’s biology department and ecology center are asking the public to take photos of insects on alfalfa plants and upload them online so they […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four famous paintings will be showcased in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts beginning this fall. The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced Monday that Utah is one of five states in the West selected to host works from American painter Georgia O’Keeffe and others as […]
BOSTON (AP) — Civil rights activists complained Monday of the potential for widespread abuse following confirmation that at least three states have scanned millions of driver’s license photos on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement without the drivers’ knowledge or consent. Public records obtained by the Georgetown Law Center on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is planning to expand the state’s remote-working program in hopes of reducing emissions and saving office space. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said Monday that more than 2,500 state employees could eventually become authorized to work from home. Utah recently ran a teleworking pilot program […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Nephi man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose naked body was found on a hillside in western Utah. The Deseret News reports that 43-year-old Cody Alexander Young was charged Monday at a court in Juab County with manslaughter, a second-degree […]
One man is dead after being hit by a semi tractor on I-70 in Sevier County Sunday afternoon. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Leon Reyes of Elsinore died at the scene of the crash around 2:20 p.m. on Westbound I-70 near mile marker 38. The semi driver, 65-year-old Abel […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — Former Utah Congresswoman Mia Love says she’s poised to run in 2020 for the Republican nomination to challenge the Democrat who last year denied her a third term in the U.S. House. The Deseret News reports that Love said in an interview Friday that she’s […]
