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SALT LAKE CITY — Here are 10 stories you may have missed this weekend. As always, click on the headline to read the full story.
Police suspect arson in house fire that killed S.L. restaurateur
The 72-year-old co-owner of Gastronomy Inc. died and estranged husband is in jail Sunday after a Capitol Hill area house fire that police are calling suspicious.
Firefighters were called to a home at 574 N. East Capitol St., at 1:18 a.m., said Salt Lake police detective Cody Lougy. Once they put the fire out about 45 minutes later, they found John W. Williams' body on the upper level of the house, he said.
Police booked Craig A. Crawford, 47, into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of aggravated murder and aggravated arson, according to jail records.
Teen in critical condition after friend stabbed him with sword, police say
A 17-year-old is in critical condition after police say his friend stabbed him with a sword during a sleepover early Saturday morning.
"It was a tragic, very uncommon and strange event," Unified Police Lt. Lex Bell said, but he added that it could have had a deadly ending if it weren't for the aid of several firefighters who helped an officer subdue a violent suspect.
Four people, including one firefighter, received minor injuries after a fire ripped through an apartment complex early Saturday morning.
Crews received a report of a fire at the Westcliff Apartments at 419 E. 200 South at about 1:46 a.m., officials at the Salt Lake Fire Department said. According to officials, firefighters on scene had to make two rescues from inside the building and two more from a fire escape while fighting the blaze.
Weber County deputies investigating possible homicide near Huntsville
A woman died and Weber County sheriff's deputies detained her husband Sunday after being called to condominium on the shores of Pineview Reservoir.
A lightning strike damaged the Angel Moroni statue atop the Bountiful Temple on Sunday afternoon.
Sports
Anissa Urtez went 1-for-3 with two RBI to pace three runs in the top of the fifth inning and help the University of Utah softball team to the NCAA Super Regionals with a 5-3 win Sunday over host Kentucky in the Lexington Regional final.
Kay Kay Fronda went 2-for-3 out of the lead-off spot for the Utes (35-19), and Hailey Hilburn was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
17-year-old Ogden boxer Diego Alvarez capped off a five-bouts-in-five-days marathon with a 4-1 decision over Nevada’s Fernando Martinez in the 114 pound division to win the Golden Gloves national championship Saturday night at the Salt Palace Convention Center, becoming the first Utahn to hoist a title belt since heavyweight Sampson Pouha in 1991.
BYU baseball is going to the postseason, and it will do so as a conference champion.
The Cougars, who clinched a berth in the West Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday, won a share of the WCC regular-season title after finishing off a sweep of Santa Clara while Gonzaga lost to San Diego late Saturday night.
Kaden Garden assisted on the game-winning goal to Tennison Schmidt, then added one of his own just under a minute later to help top-ranked Brighton rally past Juan Diego 8-6 in the Utah High School Lacrosse League Class A boys state championship at Brighton High.
Marina Mayo scored seven goals, opening and closing the scoring for both teams, to lead the Miners to their third-straight Utah High School Lacrosse League Division I championship with a 16-7 victory over American Fork at Brighton High on Saturday afternoon.
