ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Crews have used a drone to help rescue a hiker trapped on a ledge at night in southern Utah. The St. George News reports the Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team sent the drone to light up the pitch-black cliff where the 60-year-old man was stuck […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Weber County authorities say a 53-year-old jail inmate from Roy has died of an apparent suicide. The Sheriff’s Office says it will conduct an internal investigation and that the County Attorney’s Office will review the death of Roger David Campbell, who was found unresponsive in his […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit against Washington state brought by the grandparents of Charlie and Braden Powell can proceed. KSTU-TV reports the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Thursday. The court reversed a lower court’s decision dismissing Judy and Chuck Cox’s civil […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Payday will come Friday without any checks for about 800,000 federal employees affected by the government shutdown. That means some workers will have to scale back spending, cancel trips, apply for unemployment or take out loans to stay afloat. Among them is IRS employee Krystle Kirkpatrick. […]
ODGEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah attorney has been ordered to spend 120 days in jail without bail after he was arrested multiple times on drug-related charges. Tony Miles, of Ogden, also was ordered Wednesday to complete drug court. Miles in October pleaded guilty to smuggling heroin and cocaine into […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid says he thinks President Donald Trump has no conscience and says he’d like to see Utah Sen. Mitt Romney run against Trump in 2020 for the GOP nomination for president. The 79-year-old Democrat said in a radio interview Thursday with KNPR […]
Police finally have a conclusion to investigations into several thefts throughout Central Utah in the past few months. The Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office has arrested six individuals after searches of a home North of Ephraim turned up stolen items. Breonna Thurston was first arrested by Deputies for an outstanding warrant […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has reinstated the armed robbery conviction of an Ogden 16-year-old who was tried as an adult and sent to prison. The conviction had been thrown out by the Utah Court of Appeals after Cooper Van Huizen, now 21, served his sentence. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is proposing changes to a full Medicaid expansion passed by voters in November. Republican Sen. Allen Christensen of North Ogden tells The Salt Lake Tribune that the plan needs “guardrails” in place to avoid cost overruns. He says a sales tax increase […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A former Utah State University student accused of sexually assaulting another student has been sentenced to six months in jail. The Herald Journal reports Scott R. Simmons was sentenced to 180 days on Monday after pleading guilty to forcible sexual abuse. The woman told a judge she knew […]
