CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — A 65-year-old Cedar City man has been sentenced to three years to life in prison for sexually abusing an underage female. Judge Keith Barnes ordered the maximum sentence for Duane Lyon on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty in November to one count of aggravated sexual […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge refused Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the National Security Agency conducted a mass warrantless surveillance program during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby decided to let the case from a former mayor proceed, rejecting NSA’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a former top deputy Utah attorney general has been arrested to make sure he’ll testify against his ex-boss next month. Jail records show Kirk Torgensen was being held on $100,000 bail on a material witness warrant at Salt Lake County jail Tuesday. Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A powerful outdoor recreation industry executive says the world’s largest outdoor retail show should leave Utah after two decades because of what he calls an assault on public lands by the state’s top political leaders. Black Diamond Equipment founder Peter Metcalf’s comments Tuesday come on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah artist famous for her work with the Beatles is making a statement against Donald Trump. Jan Haworth is famous for her cover art on the Fab Four’s Sergeant Pepper’s album. “The Deseret News” says she’s creating several banners for a demonstration opposing Trump […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Per various reports, the Salt Lake City Diocese announced the naming of Oscar A. Solis as the new Bishop. Solis is the 10th bishop in Salt Lake City Diocese history which dates back to January 27, 1891. He replaces John Charles Wester, who was appointed to the […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say a southern Utah mother is under arrest after a seriously malnourished 12-year-old boy was found locked in a filthy bathroom. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reported Tuesday (http://bit.ly/2ieNbT3) that the child’s father discovered him in the feces-strewn bathroom that had two latches […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ruled that Craig Breedlove can move forward with his legal claim that Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry damaged the jet car he used to set a land-speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 1964. The Chicago Tribune reports the 79-year-old […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Weber State University student is charged with making terroristic threats after being accused of saying he would kill university employees over a disciplinary matter. The Standard-Examiner reports the 35-year-old man was arrested last week upon his release from a hospital psychiatric ward. He’s […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – State lawmakers will again consider a bill to create stiffer punishment for crimes that target people for their race, gender or other characteristics. Senator Daniel Thatcher of West Valley City plans to reintroduce a hate-crimes bill that was shot down last year after heated debate. The […]
