LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury in Las Vegas has begun deliberating the fate of the first six defendants to stand trial in an armed standoff with federal agents near Cliven Bundy’s ranch three years ago. After two months of testimony and a day and a half of closing […]
(Orem, UT) – A teen accused of stabbing five students in a boy’s locker room agrees to a plea deal. Luke Dollahite will face no more than a decade behind bars when he’s sentenced on an attempted aggravated murder charge in June. He already pleaded guilty to four attempted murder counts […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Already behind bars for enticing a minor, Governor Gary Herbert’s half-brother faces new charges for allegedly sexually abusing a young girl. Investigators say Paul Peters was dating the victim’s mother when the abuse happened over a three-year period ending in 2002. “The Salt Lake Tribune” reports […]
(Cedar City, UT) – A man is facing three misdemeanor charges for allegedly threatening to kill patients and staff at the Cedar City hospital. Police say James Hanson made the threats in the emergency room lobby last weekend after telling people he needed to see a doctor right away. The Spectrum […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah Highway Patrol will have more troopers out on the road for Easter weekend. The UHP is stepping up enforcement efforts today by putting more than a hundred extra officers in place around Utah. A spokesman for the highway patrol says most of the troopers’ […]
(New York, NY) – The head of the most visible women’s group in the Mormon Church is telling world leaders that faiths need to work together to help ease suffering around the globe. Jean B. Bingham addressed the United Nations’ “Focus on Faith” forum yesterday in New York City. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Business leaders, educators and politicians from around the state are joining forces to discuss Utah’s current and future economic needs. The 11th annual Utah Economic Summit will be held today at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Governor Gary Herbert will host the event […]
The Central Utah Narcotics task force seized nearly half of a pound of methamphetamine and arrested four people in Richfield as part of a drug bust that occurred April 5. Officers discovered 6 ounces of meth after serving a search warrant at a Richfield home. Dwight Jenkins, task force commander, […]
Monroe is getting ready to welcome home one of its own at the end of May. KSL reports that Elliott Deen Larsen, a member of the Navy Band, was killed along with 428 other sailors aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The unidentified remains of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state report estimates that Utah missed out on about $430 million in the last budget year due to exemptions, from aviation fuel to college text books. Utah lawmakers plan to consider scaling back some of the 90 sales tax exemptions this summer. Billy Hesterman, […]
