DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested a woman in Draper after they say she left her 4-year-old son alone in a hot car as a punishment. The Deseret News reports 28-year-old Jessica Lee Brown was booked into Salt Lake County Jail Tuesday on suspicion of child endangerment and child abuse. A […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Authorities say they rescued three adults and a juvenile fishing in Utah Lake after the group spent hours trying to free a boat from rocks on an island. The Deseret News reports the four suffered hypothermia and one person was taken to a hospital following the rescue […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Researchers at Brigham Young University are helping with a NASA-sponsored project measuring the electrical charge and size of dust particles on Mars. The BYU group is nearing completion of the three-year project that hopes to understand the climate of the Red Planet and the impact the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly two years ago, Amy Daeschel’s life quickly spiraled. The 41-year-old was arrested for the seventh time while battling opiate addiction. Daeschel’s struggles with heroin addiction and homelessness began with pain pills she was prescribed after undergoing several foot surgeries. She went from a successful […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teen says he did not know a gun was loaded when he shot and killed his stepbrother. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that the teenager plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter Wednesday. Authorities say 16-year-old Jerrad Jacobsen died from the gunshot at a home in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper will be stepping down from the position after the 2020 festival. The Deseret News reports the Sundance Institute announced Thursday Cooper will instead fill a new role of Emeritus Director where he will oversee special projects including the institute’s 40th anniversary […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An assisted living center employee in Utah County is facing charges after authorities say he took his patients’ medications and walked off duty in the middle of the night. The Deseret News reports Utah Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday charged 42-year-old Daniel Keith Maloy with unlawful possession of […]
CEDAR HILLS, Utah (AP) — Police had launched an investigation after a Cedar Hills meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was vandalized. The Deseret News reports American Fork Police Lt. Josh Christensen says the vandalism occurred Friday after someone got into the building and overturned or broke all […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah would charge electric and hybrid vehicle owners for miles driven through a voluntary program. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that the state will be one of the first to collect a road usage charge to compensate for diminishing gas tax revenue. The Utah Department of Transportation […]
KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Two high students in a Salt Lake City suburb have been suspended from the football team for posting a video of somebody burning an LGBTQ pride flag. The Deseret News reports that Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley says discipline was taken against the Kearns High School students […]
