(Taylorsville, UT) — LDS Church Elder Gerrit W. Gong dedicated the Taylorsville Utah Temple yesterday. The church says dedicating is a ceremony in which a special prayer is said, designating the building for use. The dedication ceremony was held in two sessions, one at 10:00 a.m. and the other at […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The body of Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser was accompanied by an organized vehicle escort back to his home city from the state medical examiner’s office in Taylorsville on Monday. Officers from Lone Peak, Spanish Fork, Payson, Provo, the sheriff’s office and two universities were […]
(Taylorsville, UT) — The suspect wanted in connection with the death of a Utah Spanish-language radio DJ is in custody in Mexico. Taylorsville Police announced Friday that Manuel Omar Burciaga-Perea has been apprehended in Chihuahua, Mexico. Burciaga-Perea has been wanted by police since last October following the shooting death of […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah police say a man wanted by police was fatally shot and two officers were wounded in a shootout in a suburban Salt Lake City convenience store parking lot. West Valley City police say Anei Joker was wanted in a robbery and rape investigation. […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Police say a man who exchanged gunfire with a police officer in suburban Salt Lake City died of a self-inflicted gunshot. Police in Taylorsville say an officer responding to a suspicious vehicle around 4:30 a.m. tried to stop a man but he ran away. Police Chief […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old Utah boy died Monday after being struck by a car while trick-or-treating. Fox-13 reports that Karl Finch was with his younger brother and friends when he was hit while using a crosswalk in Taylorsville on Saturday. Finch was flown to Primary Children’s Hospital, […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — The first meeting of Utah’s independent redistricting committee was cut short after the virtual call was bombarded with explicit images and racist comments. Commission members met in person in Taylorsville, Utah on Tuesday but the public could participate virtually. KSL-TV reports an individual joined the meeting, […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A woman in her 60s has died in a house fire in Taylorsville. The fire was reported Saturday morning by another woman who lived at the residence. Unified Fire Authority spokesperson Patrick Coston says crews tried to rescue the woman inside, but were unable to. Costin […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Officials in Utah announced that the state has eliminated its sexual assault kit backlog five years after reporting more than 2,000 were untested. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that forensic nurse Julie Valentine joined state leaders Thursday outside the Utah crime lab in Taylorsville to make […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say a mother and her 2-year-old twin daughters were hit by a vehicle in a Salt Lake City suburb, killing one of the children. The Deseret News reported that Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said the mother and the other child were taken […]
