SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a California man convicted of mail fraud escaped from a Utah jail by posing as a fellow inmate whose time had come to be released. A sheriff’s department official said Wednesday that Kaleb Wiewandt was allowed to leave the jail in Ogden, Utah, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawyer says a Utah woman who fought criminal charges after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home has taken a plea deal to avoid the risk of having to register as a sex offender if convicted. Tilli Buchanan’s decision Tuesday brings an […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old boy was hit and killed by a vehicle south of Salt Lake City. KSL-TV reports the boy, whose name has not been released, had been riding bikes and scooters with his older brother in Millcreek before he was hit Sunday night. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a woman convicted as an accomplice in a police officer’s killing in 2014. Chief Justice Matthew Durrant wrote in an opinion released Friday that there is a reasonable possibility the jury would not have found Meagan Grunwald guilty […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Emergency authorities in Utah say cell phone calls to 911 were connecting only intermittently on Saturday. Authorities urged people with emergencies to send texts or call alternative numbers. The problems were reported for multiple cell phone carriers in Salt Lake City, Provo, Bountiful, Sandy, St. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have advanced a bill that would cap copays at $100 a month for insulin, decreasing the cost of the medicine for diabetes patients and their families. The Deseret News reported Thursday that the House Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved the bill […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign strategy is unprecedented and so is his choice of a Utah rally location to bounce back from an unsteady debate performance. He was in Salt Lake City on Thursday, where Democrats are fired up about new attention from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — A Utah man has been found guilty of three hate crimes for shouting that he wanted to “kill Mexicans” before attacking three Latinos at a tire shop. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that Alan Dale Covington was convicted of attacking Jose […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaign is expanding its Utah operation with a new state headquarters opening in Salt Lake City and new staff hires. The Sanders campaign said in a statement to The Associated Press that the new headquarters will officially open on Wednesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — Icy roads have caused multiple crashes and temporary highway closures. Utah Highway Patrol officials report there have been at least 84 crashes statewide Monday morning since midnight. Many have been in northern Utah and along the Interstate 15 corridor. I-15 experienced temporary […]
