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Police defend tactics in clash at suburban protest in Utah

Police defend tactics in clash at suburban protest in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Suburban Salt Lake City police on Monday defended their actions during a clash with protesters that saw the arrest of eight people, including the father of a man who was fatally shot by police two years ago in an incident that prompted the rally. The […]

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Salt Lake City Library Security Guards Knelt On Man, Per Lawsuit

Salt Lake City Library Security Guards Knelt On Man, Per Lawsuit

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, news broke that Salt Lake City Main Library security guards knelt on a black man, per a lawsuit the man in question has filed. The man asserts he was beaten and officers knelt on his neck. However, library officials say the man was suspected of attacking a […]

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Salt Lake City Council Supports More Money For Police Body Cameras, Training

Salt Lake City Council Supports More Money For Police Body Cameras, Training

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, the Salt Lake City Council confirmed they will be placing tighter controls on a fraction of the city’s police budget. They will now fund body cameras for every officer on the force. Council Chairman Chris Wharton said they would not consider calls for a $30 million slash […]

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Man Threatened Salt Lake City Mayor Because of COVID-19 Restrictions

Man Threatened Salt Lake City Mayor Because of COVID-19 Restrictions

SALT LAKE CITY-This weekend, Salt Lake City police arrested a man who they say encouraged people to bring guns to the Salt Lake City-County Building and threatened Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall. 58-year-old Marlin Richard Baer of Salt Lake City was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for […]

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Sex Offender Accused Of Peeping Into Windows on the Avenues

Sex Offender Accused Of Peeping Into Windows on the Avenues

SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday night, a registered sex offender who allegedly told police he was looking for “beautiful women” was arrested, following accusations that he peeped into numerous windows in homes on the Avenues. 39-year-old Donald Royce Willard of Salt Lake City was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for […]

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Utah Cities Looking To Extend Emergency Proclamations Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Utah Cities Looking To Extend Emergency Proclamations Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

SALT LAKE COUNTY-At least three Utah cities, all of which are in Salt Lake County, are seeking to extend the lock-down declarations made last month by Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson. The public may weigh in on these decisions from the comfort of their own homes. These cities, Salt […]

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Police: Utah woman attacked by parolee freed due to virus

Police: Utah woman attacked by parolee freed due to virus

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who was released early last week from a Utah halfway house because of the spread of the coronavirus attacked a woman in her home two days later, tying her up and threatening her with a knife, police said Wednesday. But state corrections officials did not […]

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PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE - FEBRUARY 10:  Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a Meet Pete campaign event at Plymouth State University February 10, 2020 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. New Hampshire holds its first in the nation primary tomorrow. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Buttigieg makes campaign stop in Utah ahead of Super Tuesday

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg is making a campaign stop in Salt Lake City ahead of the Super Tuesday presidential primary elections next month. The former South Bend, Ind. mayor is scheduled to speak Monday night at 7 p.m. at the Union Events Center. Utah is […]

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Utah sends employees to Mexico for lower prescription prices

Utah sends employees to Mexico for lower prescription prices

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ann Lovell had never owned a passport before last year. Now, the 62-year-old teacher is a frequent flier, traveling every few months to Tijuana, Mexico, to buy medication for rheumatoid arthritis — with tickets paid for by the state of Utah’s public insurer. Lovell is […]

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Man arrested in reported abduction of student near Salt Lake

Man arrested in reported abduction of student near Salt Lake

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A man has been arrested after a high school student reportedly escaped an abduction in suburban Salt Lake City on Monday, police said. The abduction occurred at 2:30 p.m. in West Valley City and was reported to police at 6:30 p.m., after the girl […]

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