KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say five Utah students in less than a week could face criminal charges after either having been arrested or cited for allegedly making unfounded threats on social media. The Deseret News reports the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake says it last was notified […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney says there are a number of things officials should consider to prevent school shootings but declined to say whether more states should let teachers carry guns as Utah does. He told reporters at the Utah state Capitol on Tuesday that Utah teachers with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An immigrant family in Utah has filed a lawsuit accusing federal agents of busting down their door, ransacking the home and telling them they watch “too much Univision” when they asked to see a warrant. The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah sued U.S. Immigration […]
(Nephi, UT) — A lockdown has been lifted at Red Cliffs Elementary School in Nephi after police arrested a suspect they were pursuing nearby. According to officers, the suspect was driving in the area around 9 a.m., and abandoned his car in the school’s parking lot. Officers caught that person […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in southern Utah are accusing a Las Vegas man of forcing a woman into prostitution. The Spectrum reports 24-year-old Jerome Devon McFadden was arrested Friday in St. George on charges of exploiting prostitution, human trafficking and interfering with an arrest. Police in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are voting against a plan to roll back a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bolstered police power to use evidence even if officers did something wrong to get it. A legislative committee voted Tuesday to hold the bill that would bar evidence gathered […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah Senate committee has approved legislation barring abortions sought because a fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted 3-2 in favor of the bill Monday. Bill sponsor Rep. Karianne […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers want to amend the state constitution in order to call themselves into a special session instead of relying on the governor to summon them. The House Rules Committee approved the change Monday but the full House and Senate must still sign off on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers may no longer be warned that their bills might be unconstitutional. A committee of House lawmakers on Monday approved a proposal that would no longer require the Legislature’s attorneys to add the notes to bills that were unlikely to survive a legal challenge. […]
