SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah’s juvenile judges will soon begin taking on cases in adult court, a move to help relieve crowded courtrooms in the state’s most populated judicial district. The Deseret News reports the judges next year will preside over an adult’s first court date and decide whether to sign […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah homeless advocates say they have had difficulty filling beds at Salt Lake County’s homeless resource centers. The Deseret News reported some people in the homeless population have not yet made the transition to sleeping at the centers. Officials say that following the closure of the Road […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Health has confirmed the first vaping-related death in the state. Department officials say the Salt Lake County resident was under the age of 30 and died at their residence without being hospitalized prior to their death. Health officials and a medical […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — It’s been 23 years since Christopher Wickham has seen the ocean, or taken a trip beyond Utah’s borders that lasted longer than a day or two. He spent nearly 15 of those years at the Utah State Prison. And since his release in 2011, his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County’s district attorney says a South Salt Lake police officer who shot at two burglary suspects inside a car that fatally ran over another officer last December won’t be prosecuted. District Attorney Sim Gill said Officer Carson Aprato’s gunfire was legally justified because […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a human case of West Nile virus in eastern Utah. The TriCounty Health Department in Vernal didn’t disclose the name, age or location of the infected person in the Uintah Basin. Health officials say at least four mosquito pools have tested […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials say the first human case of West Nile virus in Salt Lake County this year has been found. The county Health Department says the person infected is an adult who remains hospitalized. The agency says the infected person has the neuroinvasive West Nile […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A veteran defense lawyer who formerly worked as a public defender in state and federal courts in Utah has been appointed to fill a state District Court vacancy. Gov. Gary Herbert’s office announced Friday his appointment of Chelsea Koch to fill a Third District Court […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — County officials say a Utah police officer has not been charged with a crime after running over and killing a woman in a parking lot. KSL-TV reported Friday that Salt Lake County officials completed an investigation Friday on Utah Police Department officer Megan Franklin in the death […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah county intends to launch a program prioritizing rehabilitation over prison for low-level offenders, officials said. The Salt Lake County criminal justice diversion program is expected to reduce the county prison population, The Deseret News reported Tuesday. The program intended to prevent individuals from entering the […]
