(Orem, UT) — The suspect accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk is scheduled to appear virtually in court today. Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder on September 16th, a charge that carries the possibility of the death penalty. Kirk was shot September 10th […]
(Orem, UT) — Authorities say the accused gunman in the assassination of Charlie Kirk “made contact” with an officer hours after the shooting occurred. According to authorities, Tyler Robinson encountered a police officer near where investigators recovered the alleged murder weapon in the woods of Utah Valley University’s campus. The […]
(Provo, UT) — The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk is being held without bond in Utah. Tyler Robinson appeared at a virtual hearing in Provo yesterday, where he was informed the state is seeking the death penalty in his case. The 22-year-old Robinson appeared in a green bullet-proof vest, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Two more cases of measles have been confirmed in Utah. Health officials say the latest patients are both pregnant women, one in Utah County and the other in the Southwest Utah Public Health District. They are unvaccinated and had contact with previously-confirmed cases. That brings […]
On Feb. 22, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joined Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Utah Senator John Curtis to sign an agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Utah Trust Lands Administration to complete the final step of a historic land exchange. According to a press release, […]
(Undated) — Utah voters faced significant delays on Election Day, with results released more than two hours after polls closed. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson postponed announcing results until all voters in line had cast their ballots. Heavy turnout in Utah County, where in-person voting surged, led officials to bring in […]
(Provo, UT) — A Utah County man who was previously facing felony charges is now being accused of threatening to hang a judge for treason. Authorities say Elijah Nehemiah Madden of Genola filed a motion this summer that called for the removal of a judge for treason. Madden warned that […]
(Cedar City, UT) — President Biden has granted a major disaster declaration for five counties in southern and central Utah, hit by devastating flooding from runoff last spring. Spring runoff from record mountain snowpack left homes, businesses, and roadways damaged and destroyed. The declaration announced Monday opens up federal funding […]
(Lehi, UT) — Texas Instruments is going to invest eleven-billion dollars to expand its Lehi facility. Governor Spencer Cox made the announcement Wednesday, calling it the “largest private economic investment in Utah history.” Texas Instruments will build a new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plant as an extension of its existing […]
A former Spring City man made an initial appearance in 6th District Court in Manti on Oct. 26 on child sex abuse charges related to incidents as far back as 25 years ago. David Hamblin, age 68 now a resident of Utah County, was charged with one count of rape […]
