SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is covering the cost of transitioning up to 300 intellectually disabled people out of intermediate care facilities and into homes or community-based programs. The Deseret News reported Thursday that state lawmakers have directed $7.3 million to fund transition costs and to incentivize the care facilities to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a trooper and a wrong-way driver both suffered minor injuries early Friday when the trooper stopped the wrong-way vehicle on southbound Interstate 15 in in Davis County. The Highway Patrol said the trooper used a maneuver to disable and stop […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — At 15 years old, Ethan Blood’s Boy Scout sash sports an impressive number of badges, indicating his achievement with skills like cooking, camping, life-saving techniques and more. Earning all of those badges required time and dedicated effort — but Ethan has taken on more than ever […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a Utah teenager are suing police over the death of their son who was shot and killed by an officer last year. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Tiffany and Aaron James say their son 19-year-old Zane didn’t pose a threat as he […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An American man arrested earlier this week in Mexico after running over several people with a truck in a chaotic chase to a U.S. border crossing in San Diego has been identified as a Utah man with an extensive criminal record. Frank Eddie Stricker, 29, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is renaming their mobile apps to align with the church’s recent decision to get rid of “Mormon” and “LDS” as the church continues a push to be known by the religion’s full name and not shorthand nicknames. […]
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A 40-year-old Chicago woman faces nearly four years in federal prison for using fraudulent federal nutrition benefit checks to purchase nearly $220,000 worth of items at Kmart stores in 11 states during a four-month crime spree. Lynada Laticia Mahone was arrested in Arizona, pleaded guilty to […]
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — The funeral service for a Navajo Code Talker will be held this week in Chinle. Fleming Begaye Sr. died May 10. He was 97. Begaye was among hundreds of Navajos who served in the Marine Corps, using a code based on their native language to outsmart […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Utah woman narrowly avoided being impaled by a metal beam that smashed through her car windshield on the highway. Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Chris Jones says Nicci Sanders was driving on Interstate 15 Monday near Clearfield when a 4-foot (1-meter) metal beam […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Greyhound driver who authorities say fell asleep before the bus careened off a road in the Utah desert two years ago was tired, sick and should never have been behind the wheel, according to a new lawsuit over the crash that killed one person […]
