SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed his friend in 1997 but wasn’t convicted until more than a decade later is asking for parole. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that 67-year-old Alan Lee Marx told the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole at his hearing last week that he […]
NIBLEY, Utah (AP) — Officials say a fire at a storage facility in northern Utah caused at least $1.5 million in damage over the weekend. The Deseret News reports the blaze at the facility in Nibley started Saturday night, when a man was working on a car inside a unit and had […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A police officer in the community of Bountiful is facing multiple misdemeanor charges in separate cases accusing him of assault and illegally accessing records. The Deseret News reported Friday that 31-year-old Ryan Kent Newbold is on administrative leave from the department as he awaits court hearings in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing Utah man has been found in the Jordan River near Salt Lake City. The Deseret News reports Salt Lake City police said they found the body of 35-year-old Keith Fulcher in the river Thursday morning. A passerby spotted the body […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A former bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been sentenced to four months in jail after being found guilty of sexual abuse of one teenage boy and lewdness with another. The Deseret News reports that during sentencing Wednesday in the Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY-As was confirmed Tuesday, veteran KSL-TV meteorologist Bob Welti passed away at 94. Armed with a 41-year career which ended in 1991, Welti was renowned as a “ratings magnet” in the Salt Lake City market. Welti was a U.S. Navy-trained pilot who learned meteorology during his time in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who authorities say stabbed his girlfriend multiple times and left her to die in front of her 5-year-old son has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison for murder. The Deseret News reports a judge sentenced 50-year-old Darren Byrd on Tuesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Humane Society has a new executive director. The Deseret News reported Monday that nonprofit leader Vaughn Maurice will replace Gene Baierschmidt, who announced his retirement last year after more than 30 years in the role. Maurice has worked for several high-profile nonprofit organizations […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials say they are receiving more complaints about abuse of vulnerable and elderly residents as those over 65 become the fastest-growing age group in the state. Allegations of elder abuse have increased by 40 percent over a three-year period, state officials said. The reports […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Reforming Utah’s tax system could include ending the income tax, broadening the tax base or other options, state lawmakers said. Legislators and state officials floated reform ideas Tuesday during a panel at the Utah Taxes Now Conference, the Deseret News reported . Legislators aim to consider “anything […]
