SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new task force created to attempt to slow a troubling rise of teen suicides in Utah recommended Tuesday that officials ratchet up public messaging to implore gun-owing parents to keep firearms locked up. That was part of a series of recommendations unveiled by a […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah man involved in an officer-involved shooting on Christmas Eve has pleaded not guilty. The Spectrum reports that 38-year-old Benjamin Dee Wilcken’s attorney entered the plea on Tuesday. Wilcken is charged with second-degree assault against law enforcement, second-degree terroristic threats and third-degree possession of […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The owner of a Utah gun store says he has taken down a sign with an advertisement for an assault rifle after a number of complaints from what he calls “anti-gun people.” Darin Kendall, operations manager for Impact Guns in Ogden, says the ad for the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has voted to repeal the statewide sales tax on food and raise the rate slightly on other purchases. The Deseret News reports lawmakers sent the measure to the Senate Tuesday on a vote of 42-27. It would remove the 1.75 percent tax […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican Speaker of the House is backing an effort to repeal the death penalty in the state three years after lawmakers voted to reinstate the use of the firing squad as a backup execution method. House Speaker Greg Hughes and Republican Rep. Gage Froerer […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outspoken Utah Democrat Jim Dabakis says he won’t run for re-election this year. The Salt Lake City state senator said in a statement Tuesday he’s stepping down after six years because he believes elected officials should serve and then make way for others. The 64-year-old […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of encouraging a high school friend to hang herself and filming the act has been found mentally competent to stand trial. The Daily Herald newspaper in Provo reports the judge’s decision came Tuesday in the case of 18-year-old Tyerell Przybycien (pro-BISH-ian). Prosecutors […]
(Kane County, UT) — A southern Utah sheriff’s office issues a warning about two phone scams making the rounds. The Kane County sheriff’s office says they’ve gotten reports of a common scam where someone will call an elderly person, claiming to be a grandchild in need of bail money. Another […]
(Iron County, UT) — Six men are facing charges after an underage sex sting in Iron County. Investigators reported yesterday that they placed online advertisements for sex with 13-year-old girls and at least six men responded to the ads and talked to what they thought were the teen girls. Investigators […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a missing 15-year-old teen who was separated from his family while snowmobiling in Utah has been found safe. KUTV-TV reports the Cache County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday night the teen had been found after he had gone missing earlier in the day. Authorities say […]
