SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s police department will implement stricter policies aimed at limiting the use of deadly force. Mayor Erin Mendenhall signed an executive order Monday directing police Chief Mike Brown to enact several new policy changes by Sept. 5. Previously, officers only needed to use […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — Groups of dueling protesters that included police supporters carrying rifles and flags in favor of President Donald Trump faced off outside a suburban Salt Lake City police department Monday night. The protests were in response to use of force by officers at a protest the […]
The heat wave in Central Utah has taken its toll on more than just the residents. Just before 3 p.m. on Monday, August 3, a Rocky Mountain Power transmission line was damaged, causing over 4,300 customers to lose power during the hottest part of the day. Crews are working to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City School District condemned a student’s yearbook quote after a social media post about it went viral. A student at Highland High School posted on Facebook a photo of another student’s yearbook statement that read, “There are two genders and a lot […]
IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A woman has been charged with second-degree murder after a state trooper died, three weeks after a crash in western Michigan. Caleb Starr’s death was announced Friday night. He was driving in Ionia County’s Boston Township on July 10 when a vehicle crossed the center line […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Police are investigating shots fired at the security booth outside the Missionary Training Center in Provo. Police said the driver of a white SUV shot multiple rounds at the main security booth at around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Photos released by police show bullet holes in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed in a small plane crash in southwest Utah. The Deseret News reports the crash happened near Hamilton’s Fort on Sunday morning, and the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah Department of Health report of a coronavirus death Sunday brought the state’s number of deaths for a seven-day period to the highest mark since the pandemic outbreak began in March. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the latest fatality related to the coronavirus was […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to indelible character actor in films including “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” has died. He was 85. Brimley’s manager says the actor died Saturday morning in a Utah hospital. She says he was on dialysis and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah protest over the death of a man who was fatally shot by police has resulted in skirmishes with officers and several people being taken into custody. KSTU-TV reports that Cottonwood Heights Police say officers took eight people into custody and impounded three vehicles […]
