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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah inmate who was one of two women behind a series of high-profile robberies has been granted parole. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reported Monday that Sandra Kaye Chotia-Thompson, who faced up to life in prison, will be released in April. The Utah Board of Pardons […]
NEPHI, Utah (AP) — An influx of state funding to bolster county public defenders offices has transformed what used to be a one-man operation helping people in sparsely populated Juab County who can’t afford private attorneys get better legal representation, a recent report found. The $142,000 from the state in […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western states. Michigan and North Dakota, where voters previously authorized medical marijuana, will decide […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State leaders say heroin overdose deaths declined in Utah in 2017 for the first time in seven years. Data released Monday by state agencies shows that opioid-related overdose deaths decreased last year by almost 20 percent. Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says fatal overdoses specifically […]
