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Man allegedly upset relative lost fist fight charged in connection with shooting
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 14 - 1:32 p.m. | Save Story
A Lehi man is facing nearly two dozen felony charges for his alleged role in the shooting of an Eagle Mountain man.
South Ogden man in ambush-style shooting dies; neighbor now facing murder charge
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Jan. 14 - 12:17 p.m. | Save Story
One of the two people shot in an ambush-style shooting last week in South Ogden has died and his neighbor is now facing an aggravated murder charge.
Missing woman found dead in southern Utah
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Posted Jan. 14 - 9:45 a.m. | Save Story
A missing woman was found dead in Washington County early Wednesday.
Man with gang ties arrested in connection with double killing in Salt Lake church parking lot
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 14 - 8:42 a.m. | Save Story
A man has been arrested after police say has not cooperated with their investigation into a shootout in a Salt Lake church parking lot that resulted in two men being killed.
Man robbed West Jordan bank, then bought food and left stolen money as tip, police say
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 14 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
Police say a man robbed a West Jordan bank Monday, then used the money to buy a meal and left the rest as a tip.
DOJ handling of Minnesota shooting probe prompts prosecutor departures, sources say
Andrew Goudsward and Mike Spector, Reuters | Updated Jan. 14 - 6:51 a.m. | Save Story
At least a dozen federal prosecutors have indicated plans to leave the Justice Department over the Trump administration's handling of the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an immigration officer.
Utah massage therapist charged with sexually abusing a third woman
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 14 - 6:45 a.m. | Save Story
A massage therapist charged last year with abusing two clients is now facing additional charges accusing him of sexually abusing a third woman.
'Step it up': Group packs Salt Lake City meeting, calls on leaders to resist ICE
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 10:09 p.m. | Save Story
Over 100 residents showed up to Salt Lake City's first meeting of the year to voice their concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement and any potential ties with the city.
Amber Alert marks 30 years of saving lives in Utah and nationwide
Dan Rascon, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 9:30 p.m. | Save Story
Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Amber Alert, sent when a child is in imminent danger, and officials say the program continues to save lives in Utah and around the country.
'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield turns himself in, faces child sex abuse charges in New Mexico
Susan Montoya Bryan and Morgan Lee, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 13 - 8:29 p.m. | Save Story
Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield vowed to fight charges of child sex abuse as he turned himself in Tuesday to authorities in New Mexico.
Why Utah's Senate president says the fight over Prop 4 is bigger than redistricting
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 8:20 p.m. | Save Story
The ongoing legal fight over Utah's congressional maps that has dominated headlines in recent months is shaping up to be a major issue in the upcoming legislative session.
Charges: South Ogden man shot 2 neighbors, fired at daughter and police due to 'internal anger'
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 7:11 p.m. | Save Story
A South Ogden man faces attempted aggravated murder charges after allegedly shooting and injuring two neighbors, killing their dog, and firing at his daughter and officers.
Eagle Mountain man, 34, identified as victim of auto-pedestrian crash involving UHP trooper
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 5:46 p.m. | Save Story
Police have identified a man who was hit and killed in a crash involving a Utah Highway Patrol trooper last week in Eagle Mountain.
Gunman shot, killed man who was stealing his bike, Salt Lake police say
Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated Jan. 13 - 4:26 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake police arrested a man for investigation of murder after they say he shot and killed another man who was stealing his bike early Tuesday.
US Supreme Court conservatives lean toward allowing transgender sports bans
Andrew Chung and John Kruzel, Reuters | Updated Jan. 13 - 2:15 p.m. | Save Story
Conservative Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward the legality of state laws banning transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams.
'We weren't alone': Family shares miraculous story of survival in Michigan church attack
Dan Rascon, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 11:31 a.m. | Save Story
A family who escaped the horrific attack on a Latter-day Saint congregation in Grand Blanc, Michigan, says they believe divine intervention saved their lives.
Supreme Court declines to hear bankruptcy settlement case for Boy Scouts
Lauren Irwin, Deseret News | Updated Jan. 13 - 9:30 a.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case related to the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy settlement and the appeal from a group of childhood sex-abuse victims.
Teacher claims Utah Education Association misled members about political use of dues
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 13 - 8:00 a.m. | Save Story
A member of the Utah State Board of Education filed a lawsuit against the association, alleging that the organization misled teachers about how their dues are used for political activities.
After incorporation, judge dismisses lawsuit focused on Ogden Valley development
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 7:40 a.m. | Save Story
Days after the incorporation of part of the Ogden Valley, a judge dismissed a lawsuit against Weber County officials focused on development of the area.
Provo OB-GYN ordered to stand trial for alleged sexual abuse of 4 patients
Emily Ashcraft, KSL | Posted Jan. 13 - 6:15 a.m. | Save Story
David Broadbent, a former Provo OB-GYN, was ordered to stand trial in four of the eight criminal cases filed against him during a hearing on Monday. Some of the charges were dismissed.
Driver accidentally shoots self in leg during road rage confrontation, police say
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Jan. 12 - 9:44 p.m. | Save Story
A driver was injured Monday from accidentally firing a gun during a road rage incident in Clinton, according to police.
Utah man accused of shooting at police vehicle charged with 5 counts of attempted murder
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 12 - 8:30 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah County man is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly shooting at an armored vehicle occupied by police, originally called to investigate a domestic violence incident.
66-year-old man killed in crash on I-15 on-ramp in St. George
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Updated Jan. 12 - 7:32 p.m. | Save Story
A 66-year-old man was killed in a crash in St. George on Monday morning, police say.
ATV collision at Sand Hollow State Park leaves several injured
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Jan. 12 - 7:30 p.m. | Save Story
Multiple people were injured after two side-by-sides collided at Sand Hollow State Park on Monday.
4 migrants die in ICE custody over first 10 days of 2026
Ted Hesson, Reuters | Updated Jan. 12 - 6:00 p.m. | Save Story
Four migrants died while in custody of U.S. immigration authorities over the first 10 days of 2026, according to government press releases, a loss of life that followed record detention deaths last year under President Donald Trump.
6 students sue Davis School District, alleging retaliation for reporting alleged misconduct
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Jan. 12 - 5:04 p.m. | Save Story
A group of students on Monday filed a $10 million lawsuit against Davis School District, alleging it mishandled complaints of harassment and subjected students to retaliation.
Woman dies after being ejected in crash on I-70 in Sevier County
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Jan. 12 - 4:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on I-70 in Sevier County that left a 32-year-old woman dead last week, police announced Monday
Homeless man charged with making a terrorist threat at Ogden synagogue
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Jan. 12 - 2:00 p.m. | Save Story
A homeless man is charged with making a terrorist threat at an Ogden synagogue after threatening to kill everyone inside the location, occupied at the time only by a cleaning worker.
Trial of former Uvalde police officer Adrian Gonzales begins second week
Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN | Posted Jan. 12 - 11:31 a.m. | Save Story
The jury in the case of former Uvalde police officer Adrian Gonzales is back in a Corpus Christi courtroom as the trial enters its second week.
Oklahoma boy found safe after going missing for 9 days
Olivia Hickey, KOCO via CNN | Posted Jan. 12 - 10:52 a.m. | Save Story
Volunteers with a Texas nonprofit organization found the 12-year-old Oklahoma boy at the center of a "suspicious disappearance" after he was reported missing on Jan. 2.
Prosecutors in Tyler Robinson capital murder case argue against disqualification
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 12 - 10:14 a.m. | Save Story
The Utah County Attorney's Office says it should not be removed from prosecuting Tyler Robinson just because a prosecutor's family member was at the rally where Charlie Kirk was killed.
Sandy man accused of stabbing grandmother multiple times
Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated Jan. 12 - 9:57 a.m. | Save Story
A Sandy man was arrested over the weekend and accused of stabbing his grandmother eight to 10 times.
Louisiana man charged with fraud in Utah warrant scam
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 11 - 7:45 p.m. | Save Story
A Louisiana man is facing charges in Utah accusing him of tricking another man into sending him thousands of dollars by falsely claiming a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
Lone survivor of West Valley family shooting dies unexpectedly at age 19
Payton Davis, KSL | Posted Jan. 11 - 5:51 p.m. | Save Story
The only family member to survive a West Valley shooting that claimed the lives of his parents and his three siblings in 2024 died Sunday at age 19.
Sister of slain Utah woman shares emotional struggle 1 year later
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Jan. 11 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
Family of Summer Roney, who police found dead in her ex-boyfriend's car on New Years Eve 2024, reflects on their loss, grief one year later.
GOP House leaders want to add justices to the Utah Supreme Court
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Jan. 11 - 3:00 p.m. | Save Story
Top Republicans in the Utah House are looking to expand the state's judiciary and add transparency measures to the court system in the upcoming legislative session.
6 people killed in Mississippi rampage, including 7-year-old girl. Suspect charged with murder
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 11 - 11:23 a.m. | Save Story
Authorities in Mississippi have charged 24-year-old Daricka M. Moore with murder after six people were killed in a series of related shootings Friday night.
1970 southern Utah cold case reopened; detectives prepping to exhume remains
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 10 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Utah's Washington County Sheriff's Office is preparing to exhume the remains of a woman whose body was found in 1970 in an effort to identify her and determine her cause of death.
100 skulls and mummified body parts found in a Pennsylvania grave robbery case
Mark Scolforo, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 10 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
A man is accused of stealing about 100 sets of human remains from an abandoned Philadelphia cemetery after police were led to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say the man hoarded.
2 killed outside church remembered for examples, positive changes made in their lives
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 10 - 2:53 p.m. | Save Story
The son of one of the men killed by gunfire in a Salt Lake church parking lot on Wednesday said his dad exemplified Christ-like love.
Salt Lake man charged with stabbing bus passenger unprovoked
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 10 - 9:06 a.m. | Save Story
A Salt Lake man was charged Friday with stabbing another passenger on a Utah Transit Authority bus three times after the bus passed his stop.
DNC threatens legal action if Utah sends voter rolls to Justice Department
Lauren Irwin, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 9 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
The Democratic National Committee told Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson in a letter on Friday that if she provides the Department of Justice the voter information of Utahns, legal action will follow.
Judge blocks Trump from freezing $10B in child, family aid to five states
Jack Queen, Reuters | Updated Jan. 9 - 7:42 p.m. | Save Story
A judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from freezing access by five Democratic-led states to more than $10 billion of federal funds for child care and family assistance based on what it said were concerns about fraud.
Washington pipe bomb suspect pleads not guilty
Andrew Goudsward, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 5:53 p.m. | Save Story
The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack pleaded not guilty on Friday to two explosives-related charges.
Taylorsville man lured Herriman man to shop, then killed and buried him, charges say
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 9 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
A Taylorsville man was charged Friday with luring a Herriman man to his auto shop, then killing him and eventually burying his body in a shallow Tooele County grave.
New video emerges of Minnesota shooting, further inflaming tensions
Renee Hickman, Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 4:01 p.m. | Save Story
The White House on Friday reposted on social media a new video taken from the cellphone of the immigration officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman in her car this week.
Mother killed 6-year-old, then took her own life in Canyonlands, police say
Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated Jan. 9 - 2:06 p.m. | Save Story
San Juan County sheriff's detectives the deaths of a 6-year-old boy and his mother in Canyonlands National Park was the result of a murder-suicide.
Judge sets jury selection in Luigi Mangione CEO killing trial for September
Jack Queen, Reuters | Updated Jan. 9 - 1:43 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge on Friday said jury selection will begin in early September for the murder trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive outside a hotel in Manhattan.
Homeless man charged with attacking 4 outside Provo motel
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 9 - 1:35 p.m. | Save Story
Criminal charges were filed Thursday against a man who prosecutors say attacked four people outside a Provo motel, knocking two of them unconscious.
Swiss prosecutors order detention of owner of bar in deadly blaze
Emma Farge and Cecile Mantovani, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 11:50 a.m. | Save Story
Swiss prosecutors said on Friday they had ordered one of the two owners of a ski resort bar where a fire on New Year's Day killed 40 people to be detained due to flight risk, with local media saying the order had been carried out.
South Ogden man shot 2 neighbors as they walked out of their house, police say
Tim Vandenack and Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated Jan. 9 - 10:09 a.m. | Save Story
Two people were shot in an incident in South Ogden, and the officers who first responded came under fire, prompting a large police presence before a neighbor was arrested.
Officer in fatal Minneapolis shooting had previously been dragged by car, Vance says
Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 9:47 a.m. | Save Story
The federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis had previously been dragged by a vehicle and injured, Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.
'Tragic situation': Woman falls off bridge, dies after stopping to assist with crash on I-84
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Jan. 9 - 9:20 a.m. | Save Story
A woman is dead after falling off a bridge on I-84 in Morgan County Friday morning.
Man killed outside church had embraced faith and nonviolence, community leader says
Emma Pitts and Tad Walch, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 9 - 8:22 a.m. | Save Story
One of the men who was killed during an exchange of gunfire in a church parking lot of was a husband, father and poet who had chosen to reject violence, a local Tongan leader said.
Public's help sought by Herriman police in homicide investigation
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Jan. 8 - 10:01 p.m. | Save Story
Herriman police seeking tips from the public connected to the investigation into the shooting death of a 60-year-old man, whose remains were found last month in Tooele County.
Hundreds attend anti-ICE protest in Salt Lake City following death of Minneapolis woman
Curtis Booker and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Jan. 8 - 9:33 p.m. | Save Story
Hundreds gathered at Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City on Thursday to protest the Minneapolis ICE shooting.
Why Republicans say the future of Utah could hinge on 1 court decision
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 8 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
State Republican lawmakers say they believe the Utah Supreme Court ruling on amending ballot initiatives affecting government structure threatens to sabotage its system of governance.
Judge decides whether to allow evidence of abuse, drugs and Kouri Richins' writings in her trial
Emily Ashcraft, KSL | Posted Jan. 8 - 8:33 p.m. | Save Story
A judge made decisions on Thursday about whether jurors will hear about what is in Kouri Richins' notebook, a jail letter, evidence Eric Richins used drugs in high school and other details.
