SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman shot and killed her ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of the former couple’s children, police said in jail documents released Monday. Chelsea Watrous Cook, 32, came to her former husband’s suburban Salt Lake City apartment to deliver cold medicine to one of their […]
Officials are saying they got lucky after an accident at the Richfield City Pool on Friday. A 53-year-old man left the pool after feeling sick. He and his son got into their car, when he got dizzy. According to Richfield City Police Chief Trent Lloyd, his car traveled eastbound through a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Defeated Republican Congresswoman Mia Love has delivered a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump and the party’s relationship with black Americans. The first and only black Republican woman in Congress spoke Monday for the first time since she was narrowly defeated by Democrat Ben McAdams […]
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A burglary suspect who authorities say fatally struck a Utah police officer with a vehicle was involved in an unrelated deadly rollover crash earlier. Authorities say Felix Anthony Calata intentionally struck and killed South Salt Lake Officer David Romrell when Romrell and another officer […]
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A 31-year-old police officer in a Salt Lake City suburb was killed when he was intentionally struck by a car carrying fleeing burglary suspects, police said. The driver of the car was shot and killed by police and an accomplice was arrested. South Salt […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — State auditors say a school district serving several Salt Lake City suburbs apparently broke state law last year by mailing out taxpayer-funded post cards that seemed to support a $283 million bond proposal. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Office of the State Auditor recently concluded that […]
CORINNE, Utah (AP) — Authorities in northern Utah say a man hunting ducks was wounded in the arm when a shotgun discharged after apparently being bumped or knocked over by his dog. Box Elder County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dale Ward said the man shot Friday at Chesapeake Gun Club near […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah and U.S. government officials will launch a study this month to determine the extent of mining pollution in Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border. The Deseret News reports this week that heavy metals washed into Lake Powell over the decades by flash flooding will be dug […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers and others involved in forging legislation to revise a voter-approved medical marijuana law say they’ve settled on a new version for consideration during an anticipated December special session. The Utah Medical Cannabis Act set to be discussed during a legislative committee hearing Monday would replace […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to put an end to straight-party ticket voting, or the process when voters mark just one box on a ballot to cast votes for all candidates running under one party’s banner. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, says she plans […]
