SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group accused of beating a man to death behind a Utah grocery store may have done so because they believed he gave his pregnant girlfriend a black eye. Police say 41-year-old Fred Ortiz was chased down and beaten by a group of at least […]
Officials say some Utah residents felt the largest aftershock yet since the 5.7 magnitude quake hit in March. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports Tuesday night’s “light” earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was in the northwester Salt Lake Valley near the town of Magna. Officials say the aftershock was felt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five days after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook parts of Utah, residents continue to report damage. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District asked those within its boundaries to submit online notices of home or business damage from the March […]
MAGNA, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man has died in a house fire in Magna. United Fire Authority says a police officer pulled the man, who was wheelchair bound, from the burning home shortly after 4 a.m. Monday. But he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man and […]
Authorities say they had been searching since Saturday for a Utah man who barricaded himself inside a fast-food restaurant during an overnight police standoff. Cottonwood Heights Police Lt. Dan Bartlett said Wednesday that 36-year-old Joshua B. Williams is suspected of firing at a woman Saturday who was letting him stay […]
