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Suspect in woman’s death barred from campus, report says

Suspect in woman’s death barred from campus, report says

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly released documents show a man arrested in the death of a Utah college student had been banned from the campus of Utah State University after he was arrested on suspicion of having a stolen an iPad. The reports released Tuesday show 31-year-old Ayoola A. […]

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Groups work to improve trails in northern Utah

OREM, Utah (AP) — Several environmental groups are working together to shut down unauthorized trails and formalize new ones near a wildlife area in northern Utah. The Daily Herald reports dozens of volunteers gathered on June 29 at the Timpanogos Wildlife Management Area in Orem to begin rehabilitating parts that […]

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Police: Woman sent drugs to jail in greeting cards

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Police say an American Fork woman tried to hide drugs inside cards and mail them to her jailed boyfriend. The Daily Herald reports authorities say a jail clerk discovered as many as 90 doses of suboxone strips in the glue strips of envelopes mailed with three […]

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Sundance co-founder gets at least 6 years in sex abuse case

AMERICAN FORK, 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 was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a child. The judge who delivered the […]

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Utah mill eyes radioactive material from Estonia

Utah mill eyes radioactive material from Estonia

CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado-based company is asking for permission to ship radioactive material from eastern Europe to a uranium mill in Utah. The Cortez Journal reported Monday that Energy Fuels Resources submitted an application in April to the Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control to allow the White […]

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Utah man accused of threatening girls to get nude photos

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 19-year-old Utah man is accused of extorting girls to send him nude photos of themselves. Authorities allege Gabe Ryan Gilbert of South Jordan threatened six girls ages 14-17 in 2017 and 2018 and threatened to either post nude photos manipulated to include their faces […]

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Utah sees rise in DUI arrests under lower alcohol limit

Utah sees rise in DUI arrests under lower alcohol limit

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has recorded an increase in DUI arrests after prohibiting driving with a blood alcohol level above the 0.05% limit. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that data from the Utah Highway Patrol shows more than 2,700 DUI arrests were made in the first three months of […]

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Police: Teen found dead in park collapsed while drinking

CORINNE, Utah (AP) — Police say a teenager found dead in a northern Utah park was left there after he collapsed while drinking. The Standard-Examiner reports police say 16-year-old Marcus Elkins of Corinne had been drinking with other juveniles in the hours before his death He was found Thursday morning. […]

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Vigil held for slain university student

Vigil held for slain university student

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than 100 people gathered at the University of Utah to memorialize a student at the university who authorities say was killed and her charred remains found in a Salt Lake City man’s backyard. The crowd was silent while friends recalled 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck as […]

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Festival in Utah again allows once-barred LGBTQ groups

Festival in Utah again allows once-barred LGBTQ groups

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah LGBTQ groups have been quietly accepted into a prominent July Fourth festival in conservative Provo after being denied for years. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that five groups marched in the America’s Freedom Festival parade last year, but only after an initial refusal and […]

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