SEATTLE (AP) — Rachel Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online. The cyberbullying was so distressing that Whalen said she contemplated suicide. Once […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Officials have temporarily closed a beach in northern Utah due to dangerous levels of toxic algal blooms in the water. The Utah County Health Department announced a danger advisory for Lincoln Beach on the west side of Utah Lake on Thursday. Authorities said crews observed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man will serve up to life in prison after being convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend as he fired more than a dozen rounds into a bedroom window. The Deseret News reports that police say 47-year-old Gino James Cecala had targeted 25-year-old Paige Espinoza’s current boyfriend […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah County Commission has passed a resolution to submit a plan for a change of government to voters. But the Daily Herald reports that whether the resolution has legal standing remains in question. State law allows two ways to submit a change of government change […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As they gather at a conference in Utah, governors from around the U.S. are starting to think about what they will do if an appeals court upholds a lower court ruling overturning President Obama’s signature health care law. More than 20 million Americans would be […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in northern Utah say fireworks set off during Pioneer Day hit a police car and started a fire in a nearby field. Lt. Cody Stromberg with Herriman police said a patrolling officer saw a group of people setting off fireworks in a restricted area late […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old Utah man who told police he was playing with a lighter and an incense candle in an apartment where gasoline previously had been spilled is accused of starting a fire that destroyed a 24-unit building. Layton police said the fire Monday resulted […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — 11:20 am A Weber County Jail deputy is pleading no contest to one count of sexual misconduct with a person in custody. The Standard-Examiner reports 41-year-old Jeremy C. Miller entered the plea in a Tuesday agreement with prosecutors. They dropped four other counts of custodial sexual relations in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 32-year-old Provo man has been charged with child abuse and attempted murder after police say he choked his wife and children and repeatedly abused them. Court documents show the charges were filed Wednesday against Jaime Marcos Salinas. Police say they began investigating after Salinas’s wife […]
SOUTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Officials are searching for a source of possible contamination after dozens of fish and a few ducks were found dead in a Utah creek. KUTV-TV reports children fishing in Burch Creek in South Ogden discovered the dead fish and called 911 Wednesday afternoon. The South Ogden Fire […]
