OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Ogden police say a woman and her adult daughter are dead and that it appears to be a murder-suicide. The Police Department said in a statement that officers making a welfare check at a residence early Tuesday found 63-year-old Maria Villalobos and 31-year-old Bianca Villalobos dead […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Officials say a Utah teacher who asked a student to wipe an ash cross from his forehead has returned to work. KUTV reports that the Davis County School District says fourth-grade teacher Moana Patterson has “returned to the classroom” after she says she gave 9-year-old Catholic student William […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists want a federal judge to allow them to join a legal battle over a type of sage grouse found only along the California-Nevada line in opposition to a lawsuit filed by off-road vehicle enthusiasts trying to overturn U.S. protections for the bird. Four national environmental […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has heard arguments over the possibility of a new trial for a woman convicted as an accomplice in a police officer’s killing. The Daily Herald reports that no decision was reached when the court convened at Brigham Young University Monday to hear whether Meagan […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has passed a bill banning oversight powers for independent civilian boards established to review police departments. The Utah Senate and House approved the bill Monday despite one of its sponsors saying it would not change current state procedures. Republican Sen. Don Ipson […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old Utah teenager died after accidentally shooting himself with a shotgun he was playing with. Unified Police spokeswoman Melody Gray says the teenager was playing around with the shotgun with his 17-year-old brother early Monday morning at a house in the Salt […]
A Sanpete County man is now recovering in the hospital after a standoff with police ended in an exchange of gunfire in Spring City Monday night. According to officials, 53-year-old Paul Harward had fired a gun in the direction of a female friend around 5:30 p.m. after she went to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski says she won’t run for re-election this year due to a serious family matter. She made history when she won in 2015 to become the city’s first openly gay mayor. Biskupski said Monday in a news release that she […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has denied a Utah gun rights advocate’s attempt to block the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, the gun attachment that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. The Salt Lake Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish declined last Friday to grant […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah has approved $50 million in funding for a new technology building at Weber State University. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reported Monday the state Legislature passed the appropriation before the end of session. Officials with the Ogden campus said in a news release that the new facility will […]
