SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah militia group leader who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a federal cabin in Arizona is being released on time served after spending two years in jail. Judge David Sam said Monday that 59-year-old William Keebler had been a model prisoner and […]
DUCHESNE, Utah (AP) — Wet weekend weather has helped crews fighting a Utah wildfire that torched dozens of buildings and forced more than 1,000 people from their homes. Authorities said Monday the fire in a mountain area near a popular fishing reservoir grew to about 78 square miles (201 square […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A domestic incident in Utah started with gunshots and ended after authorities discovered the shooter dead. Provo Police Detective Nick Dupaix says Richard Austin was identified as the shooter Sunday afternoon. Austin appeared to have died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but Dupaix says the Sunday […]
A Richfield man could face at least 15 years in prison after a large drug bust in Sevier County on Tuesday. Jason Saunders was arrested with 3/4th of a pound of pure crystal meth. According to Sevier County Sheriff, Nate Curtis, Saunders has been dealing meth out of his home. […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a teenage boy has died after jumping off a bridge in Lehi. The Daily Herald reports that Lehi police have identified the teen as 16-year-old Cole Merrill of Alpine. Police say three boys and two girls went to the old iron bridge in Lehi […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say 20 cars have been destroyed and others damaged in an overnight fire at Salt Lake City International Airport. Salt Lake City TV station Fox 13 reports that the cars were in the Hertz rental car lot. City firefighters arrived about 12:30 a.m. Sunday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A $500,000 state-funded study, designed to gauge marijuana’s impact on pain, has been delayed so many times due to federal regulations that it might not be ready before Utah voters decide in November whether to pass a medical marijuana ballot initiative. Ivy Estabrooke, executive director […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities are trying to identify a body found off Interstate 215 in the Salt Lake City area. Utah Highway Patrol officials say a construction worker discovered the body Saturday morning and notified authorities. Investigators don’t yet know the gender of the body or how long […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a judge to allow jurors to read text messages about suicide that a Utah man exchange with a young friend he’s accused of helping to hang herself. The Deseret News reports investigators said Thursday that they’ve recovered the deleted texts between now-19-year-old Tyerell Przybycien (pro-BISH-ian) […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Salt Lake City have filed an assault charge against a 40-year-old man who they say stabbed someone outside a downtown smoke shop. Prosecutors said Thursday that Isaac Michael Terry got into a fist fight after asking someone for a cigarette in March. Terry […]
