SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities say the owners of a dog that bit off a 4-year-old boy’s hand have agreed to surrender their two huskies, which will live out their days with an animal-rescue group. Animal-control officials said Wednesday they dropped citations against the owners in exchange for […]
HARRISVILLE, Utah (AP) — Black Lives Matter activists in Utah are asking to see body camera footage of a police shooting that critically injured a man. The Standard-Examiner reports Jamal Bell was shot multiple times by police following a confrontation outside a Harrisville apartment complex last Saturday. Lex Scott, who […]
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — A former Utah State University football player convicted of sexually assaulting six women has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison. Most of the sentences imposed Wednesday by District Judge Brian Cannell for Torrey Green will run consecutively, with some to run concurrently. […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say a 70-year-old man has been arrested on charges accusing him of sexual abusing at least seven children in the 1980s and 1990s. A West Valley Police Department statement says David Allen Williams was arrested Wednesday on […]
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The case of a Colorado man accused of trying to kill a Utah rancher’s cattle is scheduled to go to trial next week. The Durango Herald reports Mark Franklin is scheduled to be tried in Utah’s Carbon County on charges of trespassing and wanton destruction of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former county commissioner Phil Lyman is scoffing at the argument by federal prosecutors that he should increase his monthly restitution payment for leading an illegal ATV protest ride in 2014 because he’s a now state legislator. Lyman wrote in a court filing Friday that he […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law a compromise deal reached by state lawmakers that raises the amount of alcohol allowed in beer sold in grocery and convenience stores. Herbert announced the signing Tuesday afternoon of a law that raises the alcohol limit to […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A plan that outlines how seven states will deal with declining flows in a major river in the U.S. West is getting its first hearing in Congress. The drought contingency plan aims to keep two Colorado River reservoirs from crashing. Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Family members say a Dixie State University linebacker’s death was linked to hyponatremia, a condition of abnormally low sodium levels. Honolulu’s KHON-TV reported Monday that Abraham Reinhardt’s mother Malani told them her 23-year-old son’s sodium levels suddenly dropped before he died Friday. She says it is unclear what caused […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who has been on death row in Utah for more than three decades will get a new hearing after raising questions about the testimony used to convict him of murder. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Utah Supreme Court in an opinion Friday […]
