SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 3-year-old Utah girl had two fingers amputated when they were caught in a faulty grocery store escalator, her family says in a lawsuit filed against the store and the escalator manufacturer. The girl’s mother, Silvia Zamora , said in the lawsuit filed Monday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say three firefighters have been injured after a fast-moving grass fire burned nearly 100 acres near Salt Lake City’s Ensign Peak. City fire officials say they had to evacuate 40 houses as a precaution Tuesday before the fire was knocked down. They say two […]
COALVILLE, Utah (AP) — Summit County authorities say searchers have found the body of a 66-year-old South Jordan man who had been reported missing for nearly a week and that there’s no indication of foul play. The Sheriff’s Office says Ray Humpherys’ body was found Tuesday in the Middle Fork […]
Sterling town billed their 24th of July celebration as the Greatest Show on Earth, and they didn’t disappoint. Towards the end of the fireworks display, a burning ember from one of the fireworks started the knoll west of town on fire. The fireworks display finished as the volunteer fire department […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in Washington state say the father-in-law of a Utah woman who went missing in 2009 has died. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said Steven Powell died Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tacoma, a year after he completed his prison sentence for possession of child […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church says a 19-year-old Utah man serving a religious mission in Sydney, Australia, fell from a cliff and died at a park popular for whale watching. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Gavin Paul Zimmerman of West Haven, Utah, was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who allegedly stole a car in Midvale with two children in the back seat has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and vehicle theft. Unified police say 39-year-old Charles Brandon Peterson was taken into custody Monday in Salt Lake City. They say someone […]
President Donald Trump is recognizing Mormon pioneers who journeyed across the west to build a new home in Utah. Trump said in a statement issued Tuesday by the White House that the families who fled persecution in Illinois “worked tirelessly to transform the arid desert landscape into a blossoming new […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — This year is projected to be among Utah’s worst in terms of land burned. The Deseret News reports estimates provided by the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands show wildfires have burned more than 180 square miles (466 square kilometers) so far in 2018. Estimates […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Parts of Utah have been placed on an excessive heat warning with temperatures expected to approach 109 degrees this week. The National Weather Service said Monday that an excessive heat warning for Utah’s Dixie and Lake Powell area goes into effect Tuesday to Thursday and […]
