ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah sheriff’s official says the creator of the YouTube channel “King of Random” shot video that showed his fatal paragliding crash and that it indicates the craft crashed quickly after its chute collapsed. Washington County sheriff’s officials are investigating the death Monday of 38-year-old […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a woman wanted in New Mexico in a drug trafficking case has been arrested in Utah. The FBI said detectives from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office and the Provo Police Department booked 29-year-old Marysol Pena into jail Friday on suspicion of intent to distribute […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed against a northern Utah university in the death of a student. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 24-year-old Jerusha Sanjeevi killed herself in April 2017 and a lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of her parents against Utah State University. Attorneys say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — County officials say a Utah police officer has not been charged with a crime after running over and killing a woman in a parking lot. KSL-TV reported Friday that Salt Lake County officials completed an investigation Friday on Utah Police Department officer Megan Franklin in the death […]
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) — In his retirement, Jens Munthe spends a lot of time driving around the deserts of Utah hunting for rocks. Not just any rocks. Munthe is a geologist searching for new and unusual arch formations across the state, the Deseret News reports . Utah is known for its sandstone […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo police arrested a 37-year-old homeless man after residents reported returning home to find their house had been burglarized and that a man was camping in the backyard. Police said Harley Hess was arrested Thursday on suspicion of burglary of a dwelling and other crimes. Hess […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A cyclist is accusing a Salt Lake City area police officer of running over him after a misunderstanding about a hand gesture. Chad Lockwood’s lawsuit filed Friday alleges the officer got upset after Lockwood crossed an intersection in front of the patrol car Sunday. Lockwood […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 9-year-old Idaho girl who fell out of a tree and was impaled in the head by a steel bar has died. Jesi Bergeson said Friday that her daughter Shaylyn Bergeson died from her injuries Thursday evening at a hospital in Utah. Bergeson recalled Shaylyn […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court says language in a state law that prevented gay couples from reaching a workable agreement with a surrogate to bear their child is unconstitutional. The Deseret News reports an opinion released by the high court Friday threw out that section of law because […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Education will form a new task force to examine charter school finances. The board voted Thursday to create the panel to look into charter school spending and how the schools can restructure their finances. “We need to clean it up. We […]
